The original meaning of abstruse, coming almost straight from the Latin, was "concealed, hidden." It's easy to see how the word soon came to describe the kind of language used by those who possess certain kinds of expert knowledge (and don't necessarily want to share it with other people...
The original meaning of abstruse, coming almost straight from the Latin, was "concealed, hidden." It's easy to see how the word soon came to describe the kind of language used by those who possess certain kinds of expert knowledge (and don't necessarily want to share it with other people...