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    ar·cane
    /ärˈkān/

    adjective

    • 1. understood by few; mysterious or secret: "modern math and its arcane notation"

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  2. www.merriam-webster.com › dictionary › arcaneArcane Definition & Meaning - Merriam-Webster

    The meaning of ARCANE is known or knowable only to a few people : secret; broadly : mysterious, obscure. How to use arcane in a sentence.

  3. dictionary.cambridge.org › dictionary › englishARCANE | English meaning - Cambridge Dictionary

    adjective. us / ɑrˈkeɪn / Add to word list. complicated and therefore understood or known by only a few people: They worked hard to negotiate New York's arcane rules for getting on presidential ballots. (Definition of arcane from the Cambridge Academic Content Dictionary © Cambridge University Press) Examples of arcane. arcane.

  4. www.vocabulary.com › dictionary › arcaneArcane - Definition, Meaning & Synonyms | Vocabulary.com

    Something arcane is understood or known by only a few people. Almost everyone knows the basics of baseball, but only an elite few possess the arcane knowledge of its history that marks the true fan. A near synonym is esoteric, as in "relating to remote information or knowledge."

  5. dictionary.cambridge.org › us › dictionaryARCANE | definition in the Cambridge English Dictionary

    adjective. formal us / ɑːrˈkeɪn / uk / ɑːˈkeɪn / Add to word list. mysterious and known only by a few people: He was the only person who understood all the arcane details of the agreement. This argument may seem arcane to those not closely involved in the world of finance. SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases. Difficult to understand.

  6. www.collinsdictionary.com › dictionary › englishARCANE definition and meaning | Collins English Dictionary

    noun. Word origin. C16: from Latin arcānus secret, hidden, from arcēre to shut up, keep safe. arcane in American English. (ɑrˈkeɪn ) adjective. 1. hidden or secret. 2. understood by only a few; esoteric. Webster’s New World College Dictionary, 4th Edition. Copyright © 2010 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. All rights reserved. Word origin.

  7. www.oxfordlearnersdictionaries.com › definition › englisharcane adjective - Definition, pictures, pronunciation and usage...

    Definition of arcane adjective in Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary. Meaning, pronunciation, picture, example sentences, grammar, usage notes, synonyms and more.

  8. www.yourdictionary.com › arcaneArcane Definition & Meaning - YourDictionary

    Understood by only a few; obscure; requiring secret or mysterious knowledge. Wiktionary. Synonyms: unrevealable. unguessed. hypernormal. preterhuman. untellable. pretersensual. preternormal. undisclosable. unbreatheable. supranatural. secret. esoteric. enigmatic. occult. mystic. Antonyms: common.