单词	arcane
释义	arcanear‧cane /ɑːˈkeɪn $ ɑːr-/ adjective Word Origin WORD ORIGINarcane Origin: 1500-1600 Latin arcanus ‘secret’, from arca; ➔ ARK Examples EXAMPLES FROM OTHER DICTIONARIES the arcane language of lawyers EXAMPLES FROM THE CORPUS Anecdotes of legal excess reflect the world we see around us and add a human dimension to an otherwise arcane issue. It is not exactly arcane knowledge. Merely reading what some one has written is less commendable than saying the same thing for arcane reasons. The arcane language of the Treaty of Tlatelolco needs a little clarification. They evoke romantic images of humming orchard hives and summer sweetness, presided over by veiled eccentrics steeped in arcane lore. They noted that he was a master of arcane tax jargon, not an area that gets the blood racing. They wore helmets suggestive of the heads of flies, and their black silks were embroidered with arcane silver hieroglyphics. Written on the boxes is all manner of strange titles, fantastic claims and arcane technical terms. secret and known or understood by only a few people:  the arcane language of the law
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