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語源

From Latin arcānus (“hidden, secret”), from arcēre (“to withhold”), arca (“a chest”).

発音

• 韻: -eɪnə
• 韻: -ɑːnə
• IPA: /ɑɹˈkeɪnə/, /ɑɹˈkɑːnə/

名詞

arcana (uncountable)

1. Specialized knowledge that is mysterious to the uninitiated.
   • 1827, Lydia Sigourney, Poems, To the Moon, page 15:

     Thou deign'st no answer,—or I fain would ask
     If since thy bright creation, thou hast seen
     Ought like a Newton, whose admitted eye
     The arcana of the universe explored
     Light's subtle ray its mechanism disclosed,
     The impetuous comet his mysterious lore
     Unfolded,

   • 1961, Harry E. Wedeck, Dictionary of Aphrodisiacs, New York: The Citadel Press, page 223:

     The witch, repository of hieratic lore and folk legends and occult arcana, became the distributor of philtres and unguents, electuaries and pastilles, herbs and charms and incantations - directed toward sexual pleasures and amatory satisfactions.

   • 2013 September 14, Jane Shilling, “The Golden Thread: the Story of Writing, by Ewan Clayton, review [print edition: Illuminating language]”, in The Daily Telegraph (Review)‎, page R29:

     This is not, however, a mere salmagundi of alphabetical arcana.

派生語

関連する語

• arcane
• arcanum
• arc

参考

• tarot

名詞

arcana

1. plural of arcanum

アナグラム

• Aracan, Canara, carana

形容詞

arcāna

1. inflection of arcānus:
   1. nominative/vocative feminine singular
   2. nominative/accusative/vocative neuter plural

形容詞

arcānā

1. ablative feminine singular of arcānus