Retruse
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Part of speech adjective
Quick meaning: Retruse is an adjective meaning Thrust backward; retruding.
Meaning
Thrust backward; retruding.
More Meanings
- (obsolete) abstruse
Example Sentences
1662, Henry More, Preface to A Collection of Several Philosophical Writings I have a sense of something in me while I thus speak, which I must confess is of so retruse a nature that I want a name for it, unless I should adventure to term it
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include retrahent, retrocedent, retropulsive, repulsory, retrograde, receding.
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