单词 | esoteric |
释义 | esoteric —esoterically, adv. /es'euh ter"ik/, adj. 1. understood by or meant for only the select few who have special knowledge or interest; recondite: poetry full of esoteric allusions. 2. belonging to the select few. 3. private; secret; confidential. 4. (of a philosophical doctrine or the like) intended to be revealed only to the initiates of a group: the esoteric doctrines of Pythagoras. [1645-55; < Gk esoterikós inner, equiv. to esóter(os) inner + -ikos -IC] Syn. 1. abstruse, arcane, cryptic, enigmatic. |
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