Arcane (adj)
ah-kain
Understood by few; mysterious or secret.
Mid 16th century: from Latin arcanus, from arcere ‘to shut up’, from arca ‘chest’.
Example sentences
“I’ve had it with the whole institution and their arcane procedures.”
Medley (noun) med-lee a mixture, especially of heterogeneous elements; hodgepodge; jumble. First recorded in 1300–50; Middle English noun and adjective medle(e), medlei(e), maedlai(e) “battle, war, quarrel; mixture, balanced mixture,” from…
