arcana
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English
Etymology
From Latin arcānus (“hidden, secret”), from arcēre (“to withhold”), arca (“a chest”).
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Noun
arcana (uncountable)
- Specialized knowledge that is mysterious to the uninitiated.
- 1827, Lydia Sigourney, Poems, To the Moon, page 15:
- Thou deign'st no answer,—or I fain would ask
If since thy bright creation, thou hast seen
Ought like a Newton, whose admitted eye
The arcana of the universe explored
Light's subtle ray its mechanism disclosed,
The impetuous comet his mysterious lore
Unfolded,
- 2013 September 14, Jane Shilling, “The Golden Thread: the Story of Writing, by Ewan Clayton, review [print edition: Illuminating language]”, in The Daily Telegraph (Review)[1], page R29:
- This is not, however, a mere salmagundi of alphabetical arcana.
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knowledge that is mysterious to the uninitiated
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Italian
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Latin
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- arcāna: (Classical Latin) IPA(key): /arˈkaː.na/, [ärˈkäːnä]
- arcāna: (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /arˈka.na/, [ärˈkäːnä]
- arcānā: (Classical Latin) IPA(key): /arˈkaː.naː/, [ärˈkäːnäː]
- arcānā: (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /arˈka.na/, [ärˈkäːnä]
Adjective
arcāna
- inflection of arcānus:
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arcānā
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arcana
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arcana
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