abstruseness

      English

      Etymology

      abstruse +‎ -ness

      Pronunciation

      • (RP) IPA: /əbˈstruːs.nəs/
      • (US) IPA: /æbˈstrus.nəs/, /əbˈstrus.nəs/

      Noun

      abstruseness (uncountable)

      1. The property of being abstruse; abstrusity. [First attested in the mid 17th century.][1]

      Translations

      the property of being abstruse

      References

      1. ^ 2003 [1933], Brown, Lesley editor, The Shorter Oxford English Dictionary, edition 5th, Oxford, UK: Oxford University Press, ISBN 978-0-19-860575-7, page 10:

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