abstruse

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abstruse ( ab – STROOSE ) Latin. adj. difficult to comprehend

 

From the Latin "abstrusus," which is from the past participle of "abstrudere," which means "to conceal." It tripped into English in 1599. What's perhaps most illustrative of this word's meaning is its relation to the word "trudere," which means "to push." We see that in words like "extrude," (to form by pushing through a die" or "intrude," to "push into" a conversation, room, etc, without invitation.