arcane
EN • English
//ɑɹˈkeɪn//(General American)
Definitions & Usage
adjective
#1Understood by only a few.
Example: “arcane rituals”
Example: “arcane knowledge”
adjective
#2(by extension) Obscure, mysterious.
Example: “arcane origins”
Example: “arcane details”
adjective
#3Requiring secret or mysterious knowledge to understand.
Example: “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.”
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