ABSTRUSITY

reconditeness, abstruseness, abstrusity, profoundness, profundity

(noun) wisdom that is recondite and abstruse and profound; “the anthropologist was impressed by the reconditeness of the native proverbs”

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Etymology

Noun

abstrusity (countable and uncountable, plural abstrusities)

(archaic) Abstruseness; that which is abstruse. [First attested in the mid 17th century.]

Source: Wiktionary


Ab*stru"si*ty, n.

Definition: Abstruseness; that which is abstruse. [R.] Sir T. Browne.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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Coffee Trivia

The word “coffee” entered the English language in 1582 via the Dutch “koffie,” borrowed from the Ottoman Turkish “kahve,” borrowed in turn from the Arabic “qahwah.” The Arabic word qahwah was traditionally held to refer to a type of wine.

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