arcane knowledge

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• arcane — adjective Understood by only a few; obscure; requiring secret or mysterious knowledge. A “signature” was placed on all things by God to indicate their affinities but it was hidden, hence the search for arcane knowledge. Knowing was guessing and… …   Wiktionary

• arcane — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) adj. secret. II (Roget s 3 Superthesaurus) (VOCABULARY WORD) a. [ar KANE] mysterious, secret. Much of the universe remains arcane. SYN.: mysterious, secret, hidden, esoteric, enigmatic, incomprehensible …   English dictionary for students

• arcane — ar•cane [[t]ɑrˈkeɪn[/t]] adj. known or understood by those with special knowledge; secret: arcane rituals[/ex] • Etymology: 1540–50; (< MF) < L arcānus=arc(a) chest, box + ānus an I …   From formal English to slang

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