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   arcane

   /ɑːˈkeɪn/

   adjective

   • 1. understood by few; mysterious or secret: "arcane procedures for electing people"

   Word Origin mid 16th century: from Latin arcanus, from arcere ‘to shut up’, from arca ‘chest’.

   Derivatives

   • 1. arcanely adverb

   Scrabble Points: 8

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