Definition of ARCANE

arcane

Adjective Satellite

  • requiring secret or mysterious knowledge
    • "the arcane science of dowsing"

Adj

  • Understood by only a few.
  • Obscure, mysterious.
  • Requiring secret or mysterious knowledge to understand.
  • Extremely old (e.g. interpretation or knowledge), and possibly irrelevant.

Adjective

  • Understood by few; mysterious or secret.

Examples

  • an arcane law
  • arcane details
  • arcane knowledge
  • arcane origins
  • arcane rituals
  • He specialized in playing arcane two-letter words that no one else knew.

Origin / Etymology

Borrowed from Latin arcānus (“hidden, secret”), from arceō (“to shut up, enclose”); cognate with Latin arca (“a chest”).

Scrabble Score: 8

arcane: valid Scrabble (US) TWL Word
arcane: valid Scrabble Word in Merriam-Webster MW Dictionary
arcane: valid Scrabble Word in International Collins CSW Dictionary

Words With Friends Score: 10

arcane: valid Words With Friends Word