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arcanity

noun

Etymology

From arcane + -ity.

  1. borrowed from arcānus — “hidden, secret”
  2. suffixed as arcanity — “arcane + ity”

Definitions

  1. The quality of being arcane.

    • Whatever physician has not this element of fire in its arcanity—if I may coin that word—cannot boast that he is a true and tried physician.
    • Arcanity, if there is such a noun, is not a deliberate concealment.
    • Length, arcanity and just plain dullness of some of the festival fare of foreign films certainly provide some cerebral exercise for audiences.

  2. Something that is arcane.

    • On Wednesday evening, February 5, the Epsilon Pi secret society of ’93 had an initiation and spread in south University hall. Two candidates were admitted to the arcanities.

The neighborhood

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No curated loop yet for arcanity. Loops are being traced one word at a time while the ingestion pipeline matures.

sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA