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RECONDITE
Definition of RECONDITE
adjective
Difficult, obscure. Difficult to grasp or understand; abstruse, profound.
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Other senses
RECONDITE carries 4 further meanings.
adjective
Not easily understood; abstruse or obscure.
adjective
Concealed; hidden.
Hidden from mental view; secret; abstruse: as, recondite causes of things.
Profound; dealing with things abstruse.
Where it comes from
The adjective is derived from Latin reconditus (“concealed, hidden; difficult to understand, unintelligible; shy, withdrawn”), participial adjective from the perfect passive participle of recondō (“to conceal, hide; to put away; to re-establish, put back”). Recondō is derived from re- (prefix meaning ‘again’) + condō (“to conceal, hide; to put away, store; to put together; to build, establish; to fashion, form”) (ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *dʰeh₁- (“to do, make; to place, put”)). The English word is cognate with Catalan recòndit (“hidden; private”), Italian recondito (“hidden, recondite”), Middle French recondit (“hidden; secret”), Portuguese recôndito (“hidden, secluded; isolated, remote”), Spanish recóndito (“hidden, recondite”). The noun was probably derived from the adjective by substantivization. The verb is also derived from the perfect passive participle of recondō; see the etymology section at -ate (verb-forming suffix) and above for more.
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Word DNA
Line of descent
- Proto-Indo-European
- Latin
- English
2 recorded generations before English.
Deepest traced root
3rd
of 59 source languages in OUTLIER
8.9%
of traced words share this origin (2,625)
How it is built
Same root, RECONDITE · 1 relative in the game
Its etymology also names Catalan, Italian, Middle French, Portuguese, Spanish.
Every Proto-Indo-European word → · The Word DNA of OUTLIER →
RECONDITE in a sentence
“Meanwhile, the presence of Pietro d'Abano80 and Hippocrates reflects a special interest at Urbino in recondite principles of astrobiological medicine and its capacity to temper the constitutions of individuals.”
Architecture and Memory: The Renaissance Studioli of Federico da Montefeltro, 2008
OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
RECONDITE in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 58 boards so far. 119 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 24, 13 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 149, 16 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 1 day.
First found by a player on Day 24, 13 June 2026.
Built from these letters
RECONDITE starts with R and ends with E. Sorted, its letters read CDEEINORT - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. E appears more than once.
Words that mean much the same
Near-synonyms of RECONDITE. Not interchangeable at the board - the grid decides that - but close in meaning.
Words that start RECOND
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 24
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