recondite

== English == === Etymology === The adjective is derived from Latin reconditus (“concealed, hidden; difficult to understand, unintelligible; shy, withdrawn”), participial adjective from the perfect passive participle of recondō (“to conceal, hide; to put away; to re-establish, put back”). Recondō is derived from re- (prefix meaning ‘again’) + condō (“to conceal, hide; to put away, store; to put together; to build, establish; to fashion, form”) (ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *dʰeh₁- (“to do, make; to place, put”)). The English word is cognate with Catalan recòndit (“hidden; private”), Italian recondito (“hidden, recondite”), Middle French recondit (“hidden; secret”), Portuguese recôndito (“hidden, secluded; isolated, remote”), Spanish recóndito (“hidden, recondite”). The noun was probably derived from the adjective by substantivization. The verb is also derived from the perfect passive participle of recondō; see the etymology section at -ate (verb-forming suffix) and above for more. === Pronunciation === (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ˈɹɛk(ə)nˌdaɪt/, /ɹɪˈkɒndaɪt/ (General American) IPA(key): /ˈɹɛkənˌdaɪt/, /ɹəˈkɑnˌdaɪt/, /ɹiˈkɑnˌdaɪt/ Hyphenation: re‧cond‧ite === Adjective === recondite (comparative more recondite, superlative most recondite) (of areas of discussion or research) Difficult, obscure. Difficult to grasp or understand; abstruse, profound. Little known; esoteric, secret. (of scholars) Having mastery over one's field, including its esoteric minutiae; learned. (of writers) Deliberately employing abstruse or esoteric allusions or references; intentionally obscure. 2004 Autumn, American Scholar, 129 The voices of recondite writers quoted at length, forgotten storytellers weaving narratives, obscure scholars savaging one another. (somewhat archaic) Hidden or removed from view. (botany, entomology, obsolete, rare, of a structure) Difficult to see, especially because it is hidden by another structure. (chiefly zoology, rare) Avoiding notice (particularly human notice); having a tendency to hide; shy. Synonym: retiring ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Translations ==== === Noun === recondite (plural recondites) (rare) A recondite (hidden or obscure) person or thing. (rare) A scholar or other person who is recondite, that is, who has mastery over his or her field, including its esoteric minutiae. === Verb === recondite (third-person singular simple present recondites, present participle reconditing, simple past and past participle recondited) (transitive, obsolete, rare) To conceal, cover up, hide. === References === === Further reading === “recondite”, in OneLook Dictionary Search. === Anagrams === centeroid, decretion, red notice, tenrecoid == Italian == === Adjective === recondite feminine plural of recondito === Anagrams === centroide, condirete, decretino, intercedo == Latin == === Pronunciation === (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [rɛˈkɔn.dɪ.tɛ] (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [reˈkɔn.di.te] === Verb === recondite second-person plural present active imperative of recondō