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abstrusive

UK/əbˈstɹuː.sɪv/US/æbˈstɹu.sɪv/

abstrusive adjective: of abstruse quality.

Adjective

abstrusive (comparative more abstrusive, superlative most abstrusive)

  1. (rare) Of abstruse quality.
    • ...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

Forms of abstrusive

comparativemore abstrusive
superlativemost abstrusive

Origin of abstrusive

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

Words formed from abstrusive

Questions about abstrusive

What does abstrusive mean?
Abstrusive means of abstruse quality.
What part of speech is abstrusive?
Abstrusive is an adjective.
How do you pronounce abstrusive?
Abstrusive is pronounced /əbˈstɹuː.sɪv/ (UK).

Words near abstrusive in the dictionary

  1. abstrusest
  2. abstrusion
  3. abstrusions
  4. abstrusities
  5. abstrusity
  6. abstrusive
  7. abstrusively
  8. absume
  9. absumed
  10. absumes
  11. absuming

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