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The word of the day is ‘arcane’.
The word is an adjective, i.e., it adds more information about the noun or sentence.
No, the word is an adjective. Therefore, it does not have a past form.
It means:
1. Hidden
2. Secret
3. Mysterious
4. Understood by few
1. The earth is tapped of its arcane energies, the very air yields to us its mysterious powers
2. Often, a buying decision hinges on a piece of arcane information about a product that is difficult to locate.
3. A credit score is not something generated by old arcane magicians waving magic wands and chanting spells.
4. The whole subject of firearms seems a bit too arcane for the common man
5. At times, he would weave arcane arguments to undermine the legitimacy of the committee.
Some synonyms of today’s word are:
esoteric, impenetrable, cabalistic, mysterious, mystic, occult, recondite, unaccountable, unknowable, secret, hidden, concealed, covert, clandestine, enigmatic, dark, obscure, abstruse, recherché, inscrutable, impenetrable, incomprehensible, cryptic etc.
common, known, normal, outward, well known, open
Quotation:
The only kind of notebook I actively dislike is the steno pad, entirely because of that vertical line down the middle of the page. I presume it has some arcane secretarial use, but to me, it’s both ugly and confusing.
Michael Dirda
Social Example:
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