abstrusive

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UK/əbˈstɹuː.sɪv/US/æbˈstɹu.sɪv/US/əbˈstɹu.sɪv/

adjective

Of abstruse quality.

OriginLatin abstrūs- →
First used First attested in the mid 17ᵗʰ century.Scrabble 15
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Meanings

adjectiveabstrusive (comparative more abstrusive, superlative most abstrusive)

comparative more abstrusive · superlative most abstrusive

  1. rareOf abstruse quality.First known use First attested in the mid 17ᵗʰ century.

    ...and I have given the reader such a dose of mathematics, psychology, and all that is abstrusive, that I fear that he may already have left me,...

    1996, Alexander Durig, Autism and Crisis of Meaning

Synonyms & antonyms

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Origin

  1. Latinabstrūs-
  2. Englishabstrusive

From Latin abstrūs-, past participial stem of abstrūdō, + -ive. By surface analysis, abstruse + -ive.

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APA

abstrusive. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/abstrusive

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“abstrusive.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/abstrusive. Accessed November 2, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “abstrusive,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/abstrusive.

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