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abstruseness|æbˈstruːsnɪs|
[f. abstruse + -ness.]
The quality of being abstruse; obscurity, difficulty of apprehension.
a1691Boyle Wks. II. 267 (R.) It is the abstruseness of what is taught in them that makes them almost inevitably so [obscure]. 1754Edwards Fr. of Will (ed. 4) ii. vii. 90 Not to insist any longer on the abstruseness of this distinction. 1810Coleridge Friend I. iii. 18 You hear The Friend complained of for its abstruseness and obscurity. |
