The Only Use
abstruse
in
1984, by Orwell
(Edited)
- ...the argument as to what they were supposedly arguing about grew extraordinarily involved and abstruse,
p. 294.9abstruse = difficult to understand
Definitions:
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(1)
(abstruse) difficult to understand or little known because it is complex or specialized
- (2) (meaning too rare to warrant focus)