Both Uses of
abstruse
in
Selected Tales, by Poe
- Indeed upon any theme of the most admired, because simply the most abstruse of the boasted erudition of the academy, have I ever found Ligeia at fault?†
Scene 1 *abstruse = difficult to understand; or not known by the great majority of people
- They have fallen into the gross but common error of confounding the unusual with the abstruse.†
Scene 4
Definition:
difficult to understand or little known because it is complex or specialized