Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary - esoteric
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Esoteric
esoteric
If you describe something as esoteric, you mean it is known, understood, or appreciated by only a small number of people. (FORMAL) ...esoteric knowledge. ...a spoiled aristocrat with pretentious airs and esoteric tastes. ADJ
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adjective Etymology: Late Latin ~us, from Greek esoterikos, from esotero, comparative of eiso, eso within, from eis into; akin to Greek en in — more at in Date: circa 1660 1. a. designed for or understood by the specially initiated alone a body of ~ legal doctrine — B. N. Cardozo b. requiring or exhibiting knowledge that is restricted to a small group ~ terminology ~ strategies; broadly difficult to understand ~ subjects 2. a. limited to a small circle engaging in ~ pursuits b. private, confidential an ~ purpose 3. of special, rare, or unusual interest ~ building materials • ~ally adverb ...Merriam-Webster Collegiate Dictionary
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adj. 1 intelligible only to those with special knowledge. 2 (of a belief etc.) intended only for the initiated. Derivatives esoterical adj. esoterically adv. esotericism n. esotericist n. Etymology: Gk esoterikos f. esotero compar. of eso within ...Толковый словарь английского языка Oxford English Reference
Англо-русский Русско-английский биологический словарь
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1. посвященный 2. тайный, известный лишь посвященным esoteric truth —- истина, открытая избранным 3. тайный, скрытый esoteric purpose —- тайная цель esoteric motive —- скрытое побуждение 4. неясный, сложный, запутанный, понятный лишь немногим; эзотерический esoteric poetry —- поэзия для избранных ...Новый большой англо-русский словарь
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~ adj known and understood by only a few people who have special knowledge about something (an esoteric form of Buddhism) - esoterically adv ...Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
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- 1655, from Gk. esoterikos "belonging to an inner circle," from esotero, comp. adv. of eso "within." Originally of Pythagorean doctrines. ...Английский Этимологический словарь
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