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abstrus
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French
Etymology
Learned borrowing from Latin abstrūsus, perfect passive participle of abstrūdō.
Pronunciation
Adjective
abstrus (feminine abstruse, masculine plural abstrus, feminine plural abstruses)
- (literary, derogatory) abstruse
- Synonym: abscons
Further reading
- “abstrus”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
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German
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin abstrūsus. The alternative meaning of "absurd" is likely a result of contamination from absurd itself, both often being used in similar contexts.
Pronunciation
Adjective
abstrus (strong nominative masculine singular abstruser, comparative abstruser, superlative am abstrusesten)
- difficult to follow or comprehend, abstruse
- Synonym: verworren
- (somewhat proscribed) absurd, nonsensical, very implausible (especially of claims, ideas)
- Synonyms: absurd, unsinnig, widersinnig, abwegig
- 2012 December 11, Haluka Maier-Borst, “Erdlinge könnten länger existieren als gedacht”, in Zeit ONLINE, archived from the original on 5 March 2025:
- Die abstruse Vision von einem Umzug zum nächsten bewohnbaren Planeten bleibt für die Menschheit deshalb weiterhin kein leichtes Unterfangen.
- So the far-fetched vision of moving to the next inhabitable planet will remain quite a challenging endeavor for humanity.
Usage notes
- While occasionally proscribed, the sense of "absurd" is the more common one in everyday usage, especially when talking about claims and ideas.
Declension
Positive forms of abstrus
Comparative forms of abstrus
Superlative forms of abstrus
Adverb
abstrus
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Romanian
Etymology
Adjective
abstrus m or n (feminine singular abstrusă, masculine plural abstruși, feminine/neuter plural abstruse)
Declension
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Swedish
Etymology
Adjective
abstrus (comparative abstrusare, superlative abstrusast)
- abstruse, difficult to understand
- nebulous, obscure, mysterious
Inflection
1 The indefinite superlative forms are only used in the predicative.
2 Dated or archaic.
3 Only used, optionally, to refer to things whose natural gender is masculine.
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