retruse en · ADJ
Etymology
From Latin retrusus (“concealed”), past participle of retrudere.
Meanings
- Thrust backward; retruding.
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(obsolete) abstruse
1662, Henry More, Preface to A Collection of Several Philosophical Writings I have a sense of something in me while I thus speak, which I must confess is of so retruse a nature that I want a name for it, unless I should adventure to term it
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| more retruse | Degree=Cmp | lexicographic | |
| most retruse | Degree=Sup | lexicographic |