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121Arcado-Cyprian — /ahr kay doh sip ree euhn/, n. an ancient language group of eastern Greece. * * * …
122Arcady — /ahr keuh dee/, n. Literary. Arcadia. [earlier Arcadie < L Arcadia < Gk Arkadía] * * * …
123arcane — /ahr kayn /, adj. known or understood by very few; mysterious; secret; obscure; esoteric: She knew a lot about Sanskrit grammar and other arcane matters. [1540 50; ( < MF) < L arcanus, equiv. to arc(ere) to shut up, keep (deriv. of arca a chest,… …
124arcanist — /ahr kay nist/, n. a person professing special secret knowledge concerning ceramics, esp. concerning the making of porcelain. [1900 05; ARCAN(UM) + IST] * * * ▪ history of pottery (from Latin arcanum, “secret”), in the 18th century, a… …
125arcanum — /ahr kay neuhm/, n., pl. arcana / neuh/. 1. Often, arcana. a secret; mystery. 2. a supposed great secret of nature that the alchemists sought to discover. 3. a secret and powerful remedy. [1590 1600; < L, neut. (used as n.) of arcanus ARCANE] * * …
126Arcaro — /ahr kair oh/, n. Edward (Eddie), 1916 97, U.S. jockey. * * * …
127Arcas — /ahr keuhs/, n. Class. Myth. a son of Zeus and Callisto, the ancestor of the Arcadians who was set among the stars with his mother as the Little Bear and the Great Bear respectively. * * * …
128Arcata — /ahr kay teuh/, n. a town in NW California. 12,338. * * * …
