arcanumn.

Brit.

/ɑːˈkeɪnəm/, U.S.

/ɑrˈkeɪnəm/

Forms: Usually in plural arcana /ɑːˈkeɪnə/.

Etymology: Latin, neuter of adjective arcānus (see arcane adj.) used substantively. In 17–18th cent. the plural form arcana was occasionally treated as singular with plural arcanas.

1. A hidden thing; a mystery, a profound secret.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > mental capacity > knowledge > secrecy, concealment > a profound secret, mystery > [noun]

rounOE

mysteryc1384

sacramentc1384

secrec1386

secret1390

riddlec1400

concealment1598

arcanum1605

Sphinxa1610

abstrusity1632

cryptic1663

1605 E. Sandys Relation State of Relig. sig. Z The Arcana of those their ineffable crossings and convertings.

1626 S. D'Ewes in H. Ellis Orig. Lett. Eng. Hist. (1824) III. 218 Because..the anointing of his naked shoulders, armes, hands, and head, were arcana.

1646 J. Hall Horæ Vacivæ 19 It is an arcanum of his Empire to conceale from us the date of our dayes.

1772 Watson in Philos. Trans. (Royal Soc.) 63 14 Having..revealed the principal arcana in the manufacture of isinglass.

1864 J. H. Burton Scot Abroad I. iii. 133 The mysterious arcana of political intrigue.

2. One of the supposed great secrets of nature which the alchemists aimed at discovering; hence, a marvellous remedy, an elixir.

ΘΚΠ

the world > the supernatural > the occult > [noun] > hidden or mysterious affair

secrec1386

secret1390

arcanum1646

the world > health and disease > healing > medicines or physic > [noun] > a medicine or medicament > wonderful medicine

arcanum1646

miracle drug1944

1646 Sir T. Browne Pseudodoxia Epidemica 135 The Philosophers stone, potable gold, or any of those Arcana 's.

1689 J. Moyle Abstr. Sea Chyrurg. ii. xxi. 76 The Quintessenses of Cloves and Colocynthis are great arcanums as to the Tooth-ach.

1796 E. Burke Two Lett. Peace Regicide Directory France iii, in Wks. (1808) VIII. 343 The infallible arcanum for that purpose.

1821 W. Scott Kenilworth II. x. 252 The pursuit of the grand arcanum.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1885; most recently modified version published online December 2021).

单词	arcanum
释义	arcanumn. Brit. /ɑːˈkeɪnəm/, U.S. /ɑrˈkeɪnəm/ Forms: Usually in plural arcana /ɑːˈkeɪnə/. Etymology: Latin, neuter of adjective arcānus (see arcane adj.) used substantively. In 17–18th cent. the plural form arcana was occasionally treated as singular with plural arcanas. 1. A hidden thing; a mystery, a profound secret. ΘΚΠ the mind > mental capacity > knowledge > secrecy, concealment > a profound secret, mystery > [noun] rounOE mysteryc1384 sacramentc1384 secrec1386 secret1390 riddlec1400 concealment1598 arcanum1605 Sphinxa1610 abstrusity1632 cryptic1663 1605 E. Sandys Relation State of Relig. sig. Z The Arcana of those their ineffable crossings and convertings. 1626 S. D'Ewes in H. Ellis Orig. Lett. Eng. Hist. (1824) III. 218 Because..the anointing of his naked shoulders, armes, hands, and head, were arcana. 1646 J. Hall Horæ Vacivæ 19 It is an arcanum of his Empire to conceale from us the date of our dayes. 1772 Watson in Philos. Trans. (Royal Soc.) 63 14 Having..revealed the principal arcana in the manufacture of isinglass. 1864 J. H. Burton Scot Abroad I. iii. 133 The mysterious arcana of political intrigue. 2. One of the supposed great secrets of nature which the alchemists aimed at discovering; hence, a marvellous remedy, an elixir. ΘΚΠ the world > the supernatural > the occult > [noun] > hidden or mysterious affair secrec1386 secret1390 arcanum1646 the world > health and disease > healing > medicines or physic > [noun] > a medicine or medicament > wonderful medicine arcanum1646 miracle drug1944 1646 Sir T. Browne Pseudodoxia Epidemica 135 The Philosophers stone, potable gold, or any of those Arcana 's. View more context for this quotation 1689 J. Moyle Abstr. Sea Chyrurg. ii. xxi. 76 The Quintessenses of Cloves and Colocynthis are great arcanums as to the Tooth-ach. 1796 E. Burke Two Lett. Peace Regicide Directory France iii, in Wks. (1808) VIII. 343 The infallible arcanum for that purpose. 1821 W. Scott Kenilworth II. x. 252 The pursuit of the grand arcanum. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1885; most recently modified version published online December 2021). < n.1605
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