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recondite

/ˈɹekənˌdaɪt/REH-kuhn-dyt
/ˈɹɛkənˌdaɪt/REH-kuhn-dyt

Meaningto put away

Common meaning: obscure, little known

‘back, again’ + ‘to put away’ → recondite

Journey through time

  • re — Latin re- “back, again” (path traced)
  • condite — Latin condere “to put away” (path traced)

Parts join in Latin as condere.

  1. Latinre- + condere‘back, again + to put away’source
  2. Latincondere‘to put away’source
  3. Latinmeaning shiftsto put away → hiddenreconditus‘hidden’source
  4. Englishmeaning shiftshidden → obscure, little knownrecondite‘obscure, little known’ · today

Sources & notes

Meaning: “Meaning” is the sense that emerges from the word’s roots; “Common meaning” is today’s everyday sense. Both written by us.

Pronunciation

  • UK IPA: converted from the US form by rule (unchecked). Respelling: generated.
  • No UK recording; the speaker uses your device’s en-GB voice.
  • US IPA: CMUdict (BSD-2), converted to IPA by rule. Respelling: generated.
  • No US recording; the speaker uses your device’s en-US voice.

Origin: Built on Latin condere, which Skeat (Concise Dictionary, 1911) analyses as re- ‘back, again’ + condere ‘to put away’.

Roots

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