The Only Use of
abstruse
in
The Scarlet Letter
- There are scholars among them, who had spent more years in acquiring abstruse lore, connected with the divine profession, than Mr. Dimmesdale had lived; and who might well, therefore, be more profoundly versed in such solid and valuable attainments than their youthful brother.
Chpt 11abstruse = difficult to understand
Definition:
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(abstruse) difficult to understand; or not known by the great majority of people