arcanaladj.
/ɑːˈkeɪnəl/ Of arcane character; mysterious, dim.
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the mind > mental capacity > knowledge > secrecy, concealment > a profound secret, mystery > [adjective]
secrec1386
mystica1398
mystical1516
dark1532
arcane1547
occulta1549
shadowish1561
abstruse1576
cryptical1588
shrouded (also involved, wrapped) in mysterya1616
mysterious1622
mysterial1630
cryptica1638
researched1653
rarefied1662
arcanalc1828
sphinx-like1837
sphinxine1845
abstrusive1848
Sphingine1925
c1828 R. Southey Life (1850) V. 366 Sunk in arcanal ages and in night.
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