abstrusity

English

Etymology

abstruse +‎ -ity

Pronunciation

(Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /əbˈstɹuː.sə.ti/
(US) IPA^(key): /æbˈstɹu.sə.ti/, /əbˈstɹu.sə.ti/

Noun

abstrusity (countable and uncountable, plural abstrusities)

(archaic) Abstruseness; that which is abstruse. [First attested in the mid 17th century.]^[1]

References

↑ Lesley Brown (editor), The Shorter Oxford English Dictionary, 5th edition (Oxford University Press, 2003 [1933], →ISBN), page 10

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