Word of the Week: recondite (RĔK-ən-dīt) Definition (Adjective) Especially of a subject of study or discussion: little known or understood; abstruse, obscure; profound. In Context “He relentlessly sought and printed the strangest of words from the most repugnant areas, some by direct contact with the people that used them, but most of them from dusty old recondite collections of slang and cant words from the 17th century onwards.” Robert Burchfield, “The Solo Lexicographer,” The Guardian, June 7, 1994. This word was suggested by Rand Mirante ’70 in the Office of Development.