Something arcane is understood or known by only a few people. Almost everyone knows the basics of baseball, but only an elite few possess the arcane knowledge of its history that marks the true fan.
Hidden; secret.
Adjective S.
requiring secret or mysterious knowledge; "the arcane science of dowsing"
a.
Hidden; secret.
Arcane
Hidden; secret.
Usage Examples
Art is a step from what is obvious and well-known toward what is arcane and concealed.
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Other Usage ExamplesFor four years, I listened to stories of intelligence failures, and it wasn't due to incompetence of anyone in the system, but that the system is so arcane.
Science is an integral part of culture. It's not this foreign thing, done by an arcane priesthood. It's one of the glories of the human intellectual tradition.