Rec"on*dite (r?k"?n*d?t or r?*k?n"d?t; 277),
a. [L. reconditus, p. p. of recondere
to put up again, to lay up, to conceal; pref. re- re- +
condere to bring or lay together. See Abscond.]
1. Hidden from the mental or intellectual view;
secret; abstruse; as, recondite causes of things.
2. Dealing in things abstruse; profound;
searching; as, recondite studies. "Recondite
learning." Bp. Horsley.