Irrecondite

adj

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Definitions

Adjective
  1. 1
    Not recondite; well-known.

    "[…] Socrates […] was rather a moral and political, than a physical or metaphysical philosopher; and hence his creed was either deficient upon the subject of cosmology, or too simple and irrecondite to satisfy the curiosity of his pupils."

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"[…] Socrates […] was rather a moral and political, than a physical or metaphysical philosopher; and hence his creed was either deficient upon the subject of cosmology, or too simple and irrecondite to satisfy the curiosity of his pupils."

Etymology

From ir- + recondite.

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