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

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  • Two days earlier he had added jailbreak to the list of crimes he had been accused of and was guilty of committing, but Matt Burnwood had never been happier in his life. —  The Witness
  • And no matter how Phil had died, she wasn't aligning herself with Kelby. —  Fatal Tide
  • But numbers were a mystery arcane, and she struggled with the youngest of the children to comprehend what they meant. —  Werehunter
  • Could there exist anywhere in all Alastor Cluster a richer concentration of the arcane, the esoteric, the special? —  Marune: Alastor 933
  • "It was very odd the way that he shot off the springboard on to the edge of the bath. —  Best Detective Stories
 

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esoteric ·  archaic ·  occult ·  magical ·  computational ·  cabalistic ·  recondite ·  mystical ·  mathematical ·  nautical ·  cryptic ·  age-old
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Etymologies (2)

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  1. Latin arcānus, secret, from arca, chest.

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  1. from Latin arcanus, hidden, from arcere, shut up, arca, a chest. Cf. arcanum.
 

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/ɑrˈkeɪn/
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