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Meanings of arcane in English

Arcane.

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Usage of arcane in English
1
The seemingly arcane row almost brought down Mrs Thatcher's government in 1986.
The Guardian
2
This is a place of arcane rules and fiendish levels of bureaucracy.
The Guardian
3
In the past, the methods of quantitative assessment were laborious and arcane.
Wired
4
Is there some arcane law preventing people standing under an assumed identity?
The Guardian
5
Looking at that arcane language, a vague, unpleasant suspicion ached in her.
The Scar
6
Just one of the many arcane abilities we've acquired down the centuries.
From hell with love
7
But buried among his arcane formulations were insights of the loftiest brilliance.
A short history of nearly everything
8
But Vulgnash had mastered arcane spells known only to the Knights Eternal.
The Wyrmling Horde
9
There were no arcane laws to master, no complications to be overcome.
Tulipomania: the story of the world's most coveted flower & the ...
10
He relied upon some arcane method to see the world around him.
Sister of the dead
11
They were furtive and uneducated, bound to superstitions and arcane, secret rituals.
Forge of Darkness
12
In their center, a glowing circle with arcane markings had been etched.
Arthas: rise of the lich king
13
As for bereginas, they are believed to be an arcane riverbank entity.
Vampire forensics: uncovering the origins of an enduring legend
14
Ann-Hari shouts, and in her agitation her arcane hill Ragamoll asserts itself.
Iron Council
15
Wisps of arcane energy surrounded the mage in a dark amber corona.
The call of kerberos: twilight of kerberos
16
Except it was more labour-intensive, silvery and arcane than that nursery-rhyme suggests.
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