Reference > American Heritage® > Dictionary
  arcana arcanum  
CONTENTS · INDEX · ILLUSTRATIONS · BIBLIOGRAPHIC RECORD
   The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language: Fourth Edition.  2000.
 
arcane
 
SYLLABICATION:ar·cane
PRONUNCIATION:  är-kn
ADJECTIVE: Known or understood by only a few: arcane economic theories. See synonyms at mysterious.
ETYMOLOGY:Latin arcnus, secret, from arca, chest.
 
 
The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition. Copyright © 2000 by Houghton Mifflin Company. Published by the Houghton Mifflin Company. All rights reserved.

CONTENTS · INDEX · ILLUSTRATIONS · BIBLIOGRAPHIC RECORD
  arcana arcanum  
 
Google
Click here to shop the Bartleby Bookstore.
Welcome · Press · Advertising · Linking · Terms of Use · © 2008 Bartleby.com