Definition for REC'ON-DITE

REC'ON-DITE, a. [L. reconditus; recondo; re and condo, to conceal.]

  1. Secret; hidden from the view or intellect; abstruse; as, recondite causes of things.
  2. Profound; dealing in things abstruse; as, recondite studies.

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