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abstrusive

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

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

adjective more abstrusive · most abstrusive

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,...

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@misc{abstrusive_2026,
  title = {abstrusive},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/abstrusive},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}