Associations to the word «Arcane»

Wiktionary

ARCANE, adjective. Understood by only a few; obscure; requiring secret or mysterious knowledge.

Dictionary definition

ARCANE, adjective. Requiring secret or mysterious knowledge; "the arcane science of dowsing".

Wise words

Words are always getting conventionalized to some secondary meaning. It is one of the works of poetry to take the truants in custody and bring them back to their right senses.
William Butler Yeats