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arcane(dictionary)

arcane (iou)



arcane adjective. M16.
[Old & mod. French, or Latin arcanus, from arcere shut up, from arca chest: see -ANE 1.]
Hidden, secret; mysterious; abstruse.
J. Cheever An old Turkey carpet, multicolored and scattered with arcane symbols. W. Styron Sophie loses track of much of the arcane detail. B. Mason Art was therefore something arcane: if not precisely forbidden, then heavy with the possibility of discovery and guilt.