arcanum
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- noun
- /ɑrˈkeɪnəm/
- Literature
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- Wherever the truth lay, the office was always neat as a pin when we arrived, creaking up the broad stairway of the Arcanum that smelled of wax and dust motes dancing in the shafts of late morning sunlight.
Examples
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I read the Shadowrun novels, and I always wanted a cyberpunk Arcanum.
Blog text (19) -
That refers, in my opinion, to the trial of the iron law and his trip to Severen to the Maers court, not to being expelled from the Arcanum.
Blog text (9) -
The grand arcanum of management lies in three.
Academic text (1997) -
Kvothe has already been expelled from the Arcanum.
Blog text (4) -
The notion of "energy" at ancient sites, so long the arcanum of mystics and psychics, has acquired some objective, scientific backing.
Academic text (1990) -
The Royal Arcanum building was a grand brick affair, the only surviving relic of a defunct benevolent and protective association.
Fiction book (1994) -
To brew up some chaos and rain fire from the heavens, you can use the Wishmaster 2 Spell HUD from The Arcanum on your foes!
Blog text (30) -
Every day, Saturdays and most holidays included, he put on his blue suit and walked the two miles to his office in the Royal Arcanum, swinging his briefcase vigorously, changing hands, as he explained, every hundred paces.
Fiction book (1994) -
Tarant from Arcanum and Vault City from Fallout 2 had a breadth of unique characters, but they didn't have a ton of interaction with each other.
Blog text (22) -
The ancient text contained the arcanum that only the initiated could decipher.
Synonyms
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A piece of information kept hidden from others
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A place or thing only a few people know about that is especially good
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A fact that people keep secret from others
Antonyms
How Secret
Surface Forms
Etymology
The word arcanum comes from the Latin arcanus, which means 'secret', and it has the same root as the English word arcane. Think of something 'locked away' in a box, and that's why arcanum means a hidden or special secret known to only a few.