arcanity
arcanity noun: the quality of being arcane.
Noun
arcanity (countable and uncountable, plural arcanities)
- 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.1894, Arthur Edward Waite, editor, The Hermetic and Alchemical Writings of Aureolus Philippus Theophrastus Bombast, of Hohenheim, Called Paracelsus the Great, volume I (Hermetic Chemistry), London...
- Arcanity, if there is such a noun, is not a deliberate concealment.1973, Ivor Brown, Words on the Level, The Bodley Head, →ISBN, page 21
- Synonyms:
- arcaneness, esotericism
- 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.1890 February 15, The Brunonian, volume XXIII, number 12, Providence, R.I.: Brown University, page 166
- Let us look also at the works of Cavaliere Cristoforo Gluck, lately in the service of the Imperial Court, whose most penetrating vast genius and creative talent, is not only in possession of the most profound arcanities and recondite illuminations of philosophy and other sciences, but has developed...1967, Practical Reflections on Figured Singing, Pro Musica Press, page 130
Examples of arcanity in a sentence
- Length, arcanity and just plain dullness of some of the festival fare of foreign films certainly provide some cerebral exercise for audiences.1974 October 14, Harry Themal, “N.Y. Film Festival blend creates mecca”, in The Morning News, volume 186, number 90, Wilmington, Del., page...
- We cannot but reject at heart its capricous mysticism, its violence, its arcanity.1977, Dionysius, page 175:
- Here, purged of much of its arcanity and rendered in a native tradition of muckraking or investigative journalism, is the critique of Marcuse’s work in the 1960s.1986, Paul F. Kress, “Social Critique”, in John S. Nelson, editor, Tradition, Interpretation, and Science: Political Theory in the American...
- But this Greek word for a scientific instrument reverberates with education and arcanity.2000, Paul Fisher, “Career Authority and the Public in High Culture”, in Artful Itineraries: European Art and American Careers in High...
Synonyms of arcanity
Forms of arcanity
| plural | arcanities |
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Origin of arcanity
From arcane + -ity.
Questions about arcanity
- What does arcanity mean?
- Arcanity means the quality of being arcane.
- How do you use arcanity in a sentence?
- Length, arcanity and just plain dullness of some of the festival fare of foreign films certainly provide some cerebral exercise for audiences.
- What part of speech is arcanity?
- Arcanity is a noun.
- What is the plural of arcanity?
- The plural of arcanity is arcanities.
Words near arcanity in the dictionary
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