[1] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

recondite \rec"ondite\ re^k"o^ndimact or
   r-eko^n"di^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.
      1913 webster

   2. dealing in things abstruse; profound; searching; as,
      recondite studies. "recondite learning." --bp. horsley.
      1913 webster
see also:
abscond 

[2] : WordNet (r) 2.0

recondite
     adj : difficult to penetrate; incomprehensible to one of ordinary
           understanding or knowledge; "the professor's lectures
           were so abstruse that students tended to avoid them";
           "a deep metaphysical theory"; "some recondite problem
           in historiography" syn: abstruse, deep
see also:
abstruse deep 

[3] : Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0

79 moby thesaurus words for "recondite":
   abstract, abstruse, academic, arcane, beclouded, blind, buried,
   cabalistic, cabbalistic, close, clouded, concealed, covered,
   covert, cryptic, dark, deep, difficult, do up, doctor, eclipsed,
   enigmatic, erudite, esoteric, hard, heavy, hermetic, hid, hidden,
   impenetrable, in a cloud, in a fog, in eclipse, in purdah,
   in the wings, incommunicado, incomprehensible, inexplicable,
   latent, learned, mysterious, mystic, mystical, obfuscated, obscure,
   obscured, occult, opaque, overhaul, patch, pedantic, profound,
   rebuild, reclaim, recondition, reconstruct, recover, rehabilitate,
   rejuvenate, repair, restitute, revamp, runic, scholarly, secluded,
   secluse, secret, sequestered, sibylline, transcendental,
   undecipherable, under an eclipse, under cover, under house arrest,
   under wraps, underground, unfathomable, unknown,
   wrapped in clouds

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