arcane

ar·cane (är-k

)

adj.

Known or understood by only a few: arcane economic theories. See Synonyms at mysterious.

[Latin arcnus, secret, from arca, chest.]

arcane [ɑːˈkeɪn]

adj

requiring secret knowledge to be understood; mysterious; esoteric

[from Latin arcānus secret, hidden, from arcēre to shut up, keep safe]

arcanely adv

arcaneness n

arcane - Meaning "hidden, secret; mysterious, abstruse," it is from Latin arcere, "shut up," from arca, "chest."

See also related terms for mysterious.

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Adj.

arcane - requiring secret or mysterious knowledge; "the arcane science of dowsing"

esoteric - confined to and understandable by only an enlightened inner circle; "a compilation of esoteric philosophical theories"

arcane

adjective mysterious, secret, hidden, esoteric, occult, recondite, cabbalistic the arcane world of contemporary music

Translations

arcane [ɑːˈkeɪn] ADJ → arcano

arcane [ɑː^rˈkeɪn] (formal) adj [world] → obscur(e); [knowledge] → Ã©sotÃ©rique

arcane

adj → obskur

arcane [ɑːˈkeɪn] adj (frm) → arcano/a

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Worcester's charter should be amended to eliminate this arcane and undemocratic provision.

Gaming the vote; Worcester should amend vacancy rule by Telegram & Gazette (Worcester, MA)

It's long been a sense of wonderment to me how academics manage to win grants into the bizarre, the arcane and nonsensical, but if Professor Russell Foster of Oxford University doesn't take the biscuit he's certainly hoovered up a few crumbs.

So it looks as if teenagers were designed to be lazy by Daily Record (Glasgow, Scotland)

Byline: Dominic Vincent A HITHERTO arcane phrase is becoming more common in the recession - the pre-pack.

Dominic Vincent says insolvency pre-packs need careful policing; ... by Daily Post (Liverpool, England)

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