Word: Abstruse

The Word of the Day for Apr 06 is:
abstruse \ub-STROOS\ adjective

: difficult to comprehend : recondite
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Example sentence:
"This textbook is poorly written and unnecessarily abstruse," complained Marilyn.

Did you know?

Look closely at the following Latin verbs, all of which are derived from the verb "trudere" ("to push"): "extrudere," "intrudere," "obtrudere," "protrudere." Each of these Latin verbs has an English descendant whose meaning involves pushing or thrusting. Another "trudere" offspring, "abstrudere," meaning "to push away" or "to conceal," gave English "abstrude," meaning "to thrust away." But that verb didn't make it past the 17th century. The "abstrudere" descendant that did survive is "abstruse," an adjective that recalls the meaning of its Latin parent "abstrusus," meaning "concealed."

*Indicates the sense illustrated in the example sentence.
My sentence:
The song, The Way You Look Tonight, is abstruse in the way it's music notation is written.