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- DictionaryAr·cane/ärˈkān/
adjective
- 1. understood by few; mysterious or secret: "modern math and its arcane notation"
The meaning of ARCANE is known or knowable only to a few people : secret; broadly : mysterious, obscure. How to use arcane in a sentence.
adjective. formal uk / ɑːˈkeɪn / us / ɑːrˈkeɪn / 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.
Arcane definition: known or understood by very few; mysterious; secret; obscure; esoteric. See examples of ARCANE used in a sentence.
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.
arcane. 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."
adjective. Something that is arcane is secret or mysterious. [formal] Until a few months ago few people outside the arcane world of contemporary music had heard of the composer. Synonyms: mysterious, secret, hidden, esoteric More Synonyms of arcane. Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner’s Dictionary. Copyright © HarperCollins Publishers. Word Frequency.
Define arcane. arcane synonyms, arcane pronunciation, arcane translation, English dictionary definition of arcane. adj. Known or understood by only a few: arcane economic theories. See Synonyms at mysterious.
