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Arcanum

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Noun

1. arcanum, secret

information known only to a special group

Example Sentences:
'the secret of Cajun cooking'

WordNet Lexical Database for English. Princeton University. 2010.

Arcanum

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noun plural -na (-nə)
1. (sometimes plural)
a profound secret or mystery known only to initiates
2. 
a secret of nature sought by alchemists

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Arcanum

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nounWord forms: plural arˈcana (ɑrˈkeɪnə ; ärkāˈnə) or arˈcanums
1. 
a secret; mystery
2. 
a secret remedy; elixir

Webster’s New World College Dictionary, 4th Edition. Copyright © 2010 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. All rights reserved.

Arcanum

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n. pl. ar·ca·na (-nə) or ar·ca·nums
1. A deep secret; a mystery.
2. often arcana Specialized knowledge or details unknown to or misunderstood by the average person: "a private-equity investor whose specialty was the arcana of the banking industry" (Andrew Ross Sorkin).
3. A secret essence or remedy; an elixir.

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