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Definitions: Abstruseness |
AbstrusenessNoun1. The quality of being unclear or abstruse and hard to understand. 2. Wisdom that is recondite and abstruse and profound; "the anthropologist was impressed by the reconditeness of the native proverbs". Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
Date "abstruseness" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1791. (references) |
Synonyms: AbstrusenessSynonyms: abstrusity (n), obscureness (n), obscurity (n), profoundness (n), profundity (n), reconditeness (n). (additional references) |
| Antonym: clarity (n). (additional references) |
Crosswords: Abstruseness |
| Etymologies containing "abstruseness": Abstrusity. (references) |
| "Abstruseness" is generally used as a noun (singular) -- approximately 100.00% of the time. "Abstruseness" is used about 3 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted) |
| Parts of Speech | Percent | Usage per 100 Million Words | Rank in English |
| Noun (singular) | 100% | 3 | 202,518 |
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.
| Language | Translations for "abstruseness"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | |
Dutch | diepzinnigheid. (various references) | |
German | Verworrenheit (complicatedness, confusion, fogginess, intricacy, involvement, obscureness, obscurity, perplexity, promiscuousness, turbidity). (various references) | |
Indonesian | kemusykilan, kemuskilan (crux). (various references) | |
Italian | astrusità , astrusita'. (various references) | |
Japanese Kanji | éš å¾® (mystery, obscurity). (various references) | |
Japanese Katakana | ã„ã‚"ã³ (impurity, mystery, obscenity, obscurity). (various references) | |
Manx | neuvaghtallys (confusedness, inconspicuousness, vagueness), do-hoiggalys (deepness, incomprehensibility). (various references) | |
Pig Latin | abstrusenessay.(various references) | |
Russian | непонÑтноÑÑ‚ÑŒ (incomprehensibility). (various references) | |
Spanish | oscuridad (blackness, dark, darkness, dimness, dinginess, dusk, gloom, gloominess, insignificance, insignificancy, mirk, mirkiness, murk, murkiness, obscurity, shadow, shadows), carácter reservado. (various references) | |
Vietnamese | tÃnh sâu sắc (incisiveness), tÃnh khó hiểu tÃnh thâm thuý. (various references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references. | ||
Derivations | |
Words beginning with "abstruseness": abstrusenesses. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
| Words rhyming with "abstruseness" (pronounced 'Ab*struse"ness'): Abruptness, Absurdness, Acuteness, Adaptness, Adeptness, Adroitness, Adultness, Albiness, Alertness, Allness, Aloneness, Aloofness, Animoseness, Antiqueness, Apartness, Apertness, Aptness, Archness, Arguteness, Augustness, Austereness, Averseness, Badness, Baldness, Bareness, Baseness, Bigness, Blackness, Blandness, Blankness, Blindness, Blitheness, Blondness, Blueness, Bluffness, Bluntness, Boldness, Braveness, Briefness, brightness, Briskness, Broadness, Brownness, Brusqueness, Bruteness, Budgeness, Business, Calmness, Cavalierness, Chasteness, Cheapness, Childness, Chillness, Choiceness, Chopness, Circumspectness, Cleanness, Clearness, Closeness, Coarseness, Coldness, Compactness, Completeness, Conciseness, Concreteness, Condignness, Conjointness, Coolness, Correctness, Corruptness, Coyness, Crankness, Crassness, Crispness, Crossness, Crudeness, Curstness, Curtness, Cuteness, Daftness, Dampness, Darkness, Deadness, Deafness, Dearness, Debauchness, Debonairness, Deepness, Deftness, Demureness, Devoutness, Diffuseness, Diluteness, Dimness, Directness, Direness, Dirkness, Diskindness, Dislikeness, Disperseness, Distinctness, Diverseness, Divineness, Dryness, Dueness, Dulceness, Dullness, Dumbness, Duskness, Erectness, Exactness, Expertness, Expressness, Faintness, Fairness, Falness, Falseness, Farness, Fastness, Fatness, Featness, Fellness, Ferdness, fewness, fineness, firmness, fitness, flatness, fleetness, Flushness, fondness, forgiveness, forlornness, Forswornness, foulness, frailness, frankness, Freeness, freshness, fullness, gameness, Gastness, gayness, genteelness, Ghastness, Gladness, Glibness, Glumness, Goneness, Goodness, grandness, graveness, grayness, greatness, greenness, grimness, grossness, grotesqueness, Halfness, hardness, harshness, Highness, hirsuteness, hoarseness, hotness, illness, immatureness, immenseness, impureness, incompleteness, incorrectness, incorruptness, indirectness, indistinctness, ineptness, inertness, inexactness, Inexpertness, Infirmness, insaneness, insecureness, Intenseness, intentness, justness, keenness, KINDNESS, lameness, Lankness, largeness, lateness, laxness, leanness, likeness, limpness, litheness, Loathness, Loneness, longness, looseness, loudness, loving-kindness, lowness, madness, matureness, meanness, meekness, Meetness, mildness, minuteness, moistness, Moreness, moroseness, Muchness, Muteness, Nearness, neatness, Newness, Niceness, Nighness, Northness, Numbness, Obeseness, Oblateness, Obliqueness, Obscureness, Obtuseness, Occultness, Oddness, Oldness, Oneness, Opaqueness, Ornateness, Oughtness, Outness, Overfullness, Overgreatness, Overlargeness, Overmuchness, Overthwartness, Paleness, Patness, Pertness, Perverseness, Piedness, Pinkness, Plainness, Platness, Plumpness, Politeness, Poorness, Primeness, Primness, Profaneness, Profoundness, Profuseness, Prolixness, Promptness, Proneness, Proudness, Pureness, Quaintness, Quakness, Queerness, Quickness, rankness, rareness, rashness, Rawness, Recluseness, redness, remissness, Repleteness, richness, rightness, ripeness, robustness, Rotundness, roughness, roundness, sadness, safeness, Sageness, Salineness, Saltness, sameness, saneness, scantness, Scrimpness, secureness, Seedness, Selectness, Selfness, Self-willedness, Sereneness, Setness, sharpness, shortness, shrillness, shyness, sickness, Silkness, Sincereness, slackness, sleekness, slickness, slightness, slimness, Sliness, Slopeness, slowness, slyness, smallness, smartness, smoothness, smugness, snugness, softness, Soleness, Soothness, soreness, soundness, sourness, Southness, spareness, sparseness, squareness, staidness, staleness, Stanchness, Starchness, starkness, Stayedness, steepness, sternness, stiffness, stillness, stoutness, Straitness, strangeness, strictness, Stuntness, Sublimeness, Submissness, sureness, Swartness, sweetness, swiftness, tallness, tameness, tartness, thickness, thinness, Thwartness, tightness, tiredness, toughness, Trigness, trimness, trueness, Truthness, Underniceness, Undueness, Unfirmness, unharness, unlikeness, Unripeness, Unsadness, Unwellness, vagueness, Vainness, Vastness, Voidness, Wanness, Warmness, Wasteness, Weakness, Weirdness, Westness, Whereness, Whiteness, Wholeness, Wideness, Wildness, Wiseness, Woodness, Wrawness, Wrongness, Wryness, Youngness. (additional references) |
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "a-b-e-e-n-r-s-s-s-s-t-u" | |
-2 letters: anestruses, asbestuses, unstresses. | |
-3 letters: absenters, assenters, sarsenets, sauternes, subsenses. | |
-4 letters: absenter, abstruse, anestrus, anureses, asbestus, assenter, bareness, baseness, bassness, earnests, estruses, reassess, rubasses, sarsenet, saunters, sauterne, sensates, strasses, stresses, subrents, subsense, subseres, subteens, surbases, sureness, trueness, unstress, urbanest. | |
-5 letters: absents, abusers, arbutes, assents, asserts, assures, austere, banters, bassets, basters, beaters, berates, brasses, breasts, brunets, bunters, burnets, bursate, busters, butanes, butenes, earnest, eastern, easters, ensures, entases, natures, nearest, nesters, neuters, rebates, rebuses, renests, reseats, reseaus, resents, retunes, rubasse, russets, santurs, sarsens, sateens, saunter, searest, seaters, senates, sensate, subnets, subrent, subsere, subsets, subteen, sunsets, surbase, teasers, tenures, tessera, trasses, tresses, trusses, turbans, tureens, tussars, tussers, unbears, uneases, unrests, unseats, ureases. | |
| Words containing the letters "a-b-e-e-n-r-s-s-s-s-t-u" | |
+2 letters: abstrusenesses. | |
+5 letters: atrabiliousnesses, inscrutablenesses, subordinatenesses. | |
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Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)41 62 73 74 72 75 73 65 6E 65 73 73 |
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Morse Code (1836) (references).- -... ... - .-. ..- ... . -. . ... ... |
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Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)01000001 01100010 01110011 01110100 01110010 01110101 01110011 01100101 01101110 01100101 01110011 01110011 |
HTML Code (1990) (references)A b s t r u s e n e s s |
ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)0041 0062 0073 0074 0072 0075 0073 0065 006E 0065 0073 0073 |
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Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)356885868487857180718585 |
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