abstrus

Borrowed from Latin abstrūsus, perfect passive participle of abstrūdō.

• IPA^(key): /ap.stʁy/

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abstrus (feminine abstruse, masculine plural abstrus, feminine plural abstruses)

1. (literary, derogatory) abstruse

   Synonym: abscons

• “abstrus”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

Borrowed from Latin abstrūsus.

• IPA^(key): [apˈstʁuːs]

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• Rhymes: -uːs

abstrus (strong nominative masculine singular abstruser, comparative abstruser, superlative am abstrusesten)

1. abstruse

A large portion of German speakers confounds this with absurd or believes both to have the same meaning. The meaning "difficult to understand, unclear" is almost never applied in everyday speech.

abstrus

1. abstrusely

• “abstrus” in Duden online
• “abstrus” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache

Borrowed from French abstrus.

abstrus m or n (feminine singular abstrusă, masculine plural abstruși, feminine and neuter plural abstruse)

1. abstruse

From Latin abstrusus.

abstrus (comparative abstrusare, superlative abstrusast)

1. abstruse, difficult to understand
2. nebulous, obscure, mysterious

Inflection of abstrus
Indefinite	Positive	Comparative	Superlative2
Common singular	abstrus	abstrusare	abstrusast
Neuter singular	abstrust	abstrusare	abstrusast
Plural	abstrusa	abstrusare	abstrusast
Masculine plural3	abstruse	abstrusare	abstrusast
Definite	Positive	Comparative	Superlative
Masculine singular1	abstruse	abstrusare	abstrusaste
All	abstrusa	abstrusare	abstrusaste
1) Only used, optionally, to refer to things whose natural gender is masculine. 2) The indefinite superlative forms are only used in the predicative. 3) Dated or archaic

• abstrus in Svensk ordbok (SO)

• basturs