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Webster 1913 Edition

(rĕk′ŏn-dīt or rē̍kŏn′dĭt; 277)

Adj.

[L.

reconditus

, p. p. of

recondere

to put up again, to lay up, to conceal; pref.

re-

re- +

condere

to bring or lay together. See

Hidden from the mental or intellectual view; secret; abstruse;

as,

recondite

causes of things

Dealing in things abstruse; profound; searching;

as,

recondite

studies

“Recondite learning.”

Bp. Horsley.

Adj.

[L. reconditus, recondo; re and condo to conceal.]

Secret; hidden from the view or intellect; abstruse; as recondite causes of things.

Profound; dealing in things abstruse; as recondite studies.