| slovo | definícia |
Struse
(gcide) | Struse \Struse\, n. [Russ. strug'.] (Naut.)
A Russian river craft used for transporting freight.
[1913 Webster] |
| | podobné slovo | definícia |
abstruse
(encz) | abstruse,nejasný adj: Zdeněk Brožabstruse,nesrozumitelný adj: Zdeněk Brož |
abstrusely
(encz) | abstrusely,nesrozumitelně adv: Zdeněk Brož |
Abstruse
(gcide) | Abstruse \Ab*struse"\, a. [L. abstrusus, p. p. of abstrudere to
thrust away, conceal; ab, abs + trudere to thrust; cf. F.
abstrus. See Threat.]
1. Concealed or hidden out of the way. [Obs.]
[1913 Webster]
The eternal eye whose sight discerns
Abstrusest thoughts. --Milton.
[1913 Webster]
2. Remote from apprehension; difficult to be comprehended or
understood; recondite; as, abstruse learning.
[1913 Webster]
Profound and abstruse topics. --Milman.
[1913 Webster] |
Abstrusely
(gcide) | Abstrusely \Ab*struse"ly\, adv.
In an abstruse manner.
[1913 Webster] |
Abstruseness
(gcide) | Abstruseness \Ab*struse"ness\, n.
The quality of being abstruse; difficulty of apprehension.
--Boyle.
[1913 Webster] |
abstruse
(wn) | abstruse
adj 1: difficult to penetrate; incomprehensible to one of
ordinary understanding or knowledge; "the professor's
lectures were so abstruse that students tended to avoid
them"; "a deep metaphysical theory"; "some recondite
problem in historiography" [syn: abstruse, deep,
recondite] |
abstrusely
(wn) | abstrusely
adv 1: in a manner difficult to understand; "the professor's
abstrusely reasoned theories were wasted on his students" |
abstruseness
(wn) | abstruseness
n 1: the quality of being unclear or abstruse and hard to
understand [syn: obscureness, obscurity,
abstruseness, reconditeness] [ant: clarity,
clearness, limpidity, lucidity, lucidness,
pellucidity]
2: wisdom that is recondite and abstruse and profound; "the
anthropologist was impressed by the reconditeness of the
native proverbs" [syn: reconditeness, abstruseness,
abstrusity, profoundness, profundity] |
|