Word Meanings - ARCANUM - Book Publishers vocabulary database

A secret remedy; an elixir. Dunglison. (more info) 1. A secret; a mystery; -- generally used in the plural. Inquiries into the arcana of the Godhead. Warburton.

Possible synonyms: (Same meaning words of ARCANUM)

• Mystery
• Enigma
• puzzle
• obscurity
• secrecy
• veil
• shroud
• arcanum

Possible antonyms: (opposite words of ARCANUM)

• Enlighten
• instruct
• illumine

Related words: (words related to ARCANUM)

• PUZZLEMENT
  The state of being puzzled; perplexity. Miss Mitford.
• PUZZLE
  1. Something which perplexes or embarrasses; especially, a toy or a problem contrived for testing ingenuity; also, something exhibiting marvelous skill in making. 2. The state of being puzzled; perplexity; as, to be in a puzzle.
• ENIGMATIC; ENIGMATICAL
  Relating to or resembling an enigma; not easily explained or accounted for; darkly expressed; obscure; puzzling; as, an enigmatical answer.
• PUZZLEDOM
  The domain of puzzles; puzzles, collectively. C. Kingsley.
• INSTRUCTRESS
  A woman who instructs; a preceptress; a governess. Johnson.
• ILLUMINER
  One who, or that which, illuminates.
• SECRECY
  1. The state or quality of being hidden; as, his movements were detected in spite of their secrecy. The Lady Anne, Whom the king hath in secrecy long married. Shak. 2. That which is concealed; a secret. Shak. 3. Seclusion; privacy; retirement.
• SHROUD
  A set of ropes serving as stays to support the masts. The lower shrouds are secured to the sides of vessels by heavy iron bolts and are passed around the head of the lower masts. (more info) clothing; akin to Icel. skru the shrouds of
• ENIGMATICALLY
  Darkly; obscurely.
• ILLUMINE
  To illuminate; to light up; to adorn.
• INSTRUCTION
  1. The act of instructing, teaching, or furnishing with knowledge; information. 2. That which instructs, or with which one is instructed; the intelligence or information imparted; as: Precept; information; teachings. Direction; order; command.
• SHROUDED
  Provided with a shroud or shrouds. Shrouded gear , a cogwheel or pinion having flanges which form closed ends to the spaces between the teeth and thus strengthen the teeth by tying them together.
• INSTRUCTER
  See INSTRUCTOR
• ILLUMINEE
  One of the Illuminati.
• PUZZLE-HEADED
  Having the head full of confused notions. Johnson.
• ARCANUM
  A secret remedy; an elixir. Dunglison. (more info) 1. A secret; a mystery; -- generally used in the plural. Inquiries into the arcana of the Godhead. Warburton.
• ENIGMATIST
  One who makes, or talks in, enigmas. Addison.
• SHROUDING
  The shrouds. See Shroud, n., 7.
• ENLIGHTENMENT
  Act of enlightening, or the state of being enlightened or instructed.
• ENIGMA
  1. A dark, obscure, or inexplicable saying; a riddle; a statement, the hidden meaning of which is to be discovered or guessed. A custom was among the ancients of proposing an enigma at festivals. Pope. 2. An action, mode of action, or thing, which
• PREINSTRUCT
  To instruct previously or beforehand. Dr. H. More.
• UNSHROUD
  To remove the shroud from; to uncover. P. Fletcher.
• REILLUMINE
  To illumine again or anew; to reillume.
• MISINSTRUCT
  To instruct amiss.