abstruse
SYLLABICATION: ab·struse
PRONUNCIATION: b-strs, b-
ADJECTIVE: Difficult to understand; recondite. See synonyms at ambiguous.
ETYMOLOGY: Latin abstrsus, past participle of abstrdere, to hide : abs-, ab-, away; see ab–1 + trdere, to push; see treud- in Appendix I.
OTHER FORMS: ab·strusely —ADVERB
ab·struseness —NOUN
The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language: Fourth Edition. 2000.
abstruse
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- Great Grand Panjandrum
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The first time I ran across it I felt that ASN.1 should have been called Abstruse Syntax Notation.
Regards//Larry
"To preserve liberty, it is essential that the whole body of the people always possess arms, and be taught alike, especially when young, how to use them."
-- Attributed to Richard Henry Lee
"To preserve liberty, it is essential that the whole body of the people always possess arms, and be taught alike, especially when young, how to use them."
-- Attributed to Richard Henry Lee
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- Great Grand Panjandrum
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Thank you, Bob Barker. (That's as far back as I can remember first-hand).
Regards//Larry
"To preserve liberty, it is essential that the whole body of the people always possess arms, and be taught alike, especially when young, how to use them."
-- Attributed to Richard Henry Lee
"To preserve liberty, it is essential that the whole body of the people always possess arms, and be taught alike, especially when young, how to use them."
-- Attributed to Richard Henry Lee
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