arcane

== English == === Etymology === Borrowed from Latin arcānus (“hidden, secret”), from arceō (“to shut up, enclose”); cognate with Latin arca (“a chest”). === Pronunciation === (General American) IPA(key): /ɑɹˈkeɪn/ Rhymes: -eɪn === Adjective === arcane (comparative more arcane, superlative most arcane) Understood by only a few. Synonym: esoteric Antonym: mundane (by extension) Obscure, mysterious. Synonyms: enigmatic, esoteric, recondite, clandestine Requiring secret or mysterious knowledge to understand. 1997: Chris Horrocks, Introducing Foucault, page 67, The Renaissance Episteme (Totem Books, Icon Books; →ISBN 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 interpreting, not observing or demonstrating. Extremely old (e.g. interpretation or knowledge), and possibly irrelevant. ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Related terms ==== ==== Translations ==== === Further reading === “arcane”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC. William Dwight Whitney, Benjamin E[li] Smith, editors (1911), “arcane”, in The Century Dictionary […], New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., →OCLC. “arcane”, in OneLook Dictionary Search. === Anagrams === carane == French == === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /aʁ.kan/ === Adjective === arcane (plural arcanes) (dated) arcane, secret, mysterious === Noun === arcane m (plural arcanes) (chiefly in the plural) mysteries, arcanum === Further reading === “arcane”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012 == Italian == === Adjective === arcane feminine plural of arcano === Anagrams === Aracne, Carena, aracne, arance, carena, carnea, rancea == Latin == === Pronunciation === (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [arˈkaː.nɛ] (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [arˈkaː.ne] === Adjective === arcāne vocative masculine singular of arcānus === Anagrams === ancrae