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Welsh
Etymology
From Middle Welsh astrus, a learned borrowing from Latin abstrūsus.
Pronunciation
Adjective
astrus (feminine singular astrus, plural astrus, equative astrused, comparative astrusach, superlative astrusaf)
- abstruse, obscure, complicated
- Synonyms: cymhleth, dyrys
Derived terms
- astrusi (“abstruseness, complexity”)
Mutation
Further reading
- R. J. Thomas, G. A. Bevan, P. J. Donovan, A. Hawke et al., editors (1950–present), “astrus”, in Geiriadur Prifysgol Cymru Online (in Welsh), University of Wales Centre for Advanced Welsh & Celtic Studies