Arcane
Arcane adjective - Difficult for one of ordinary knowledge or intelligence to understand.
Usage example: grammatical rules that seem arcane to generations of students who were never taught grammar in the first place
Hermetic
Hermetic adjective - Difficult for one of ordinary knowledge or intelligence to understand.
Usage example: wrote hermetic poetry whose sole intended readership was himself
Arcane and hermetic are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Arcane" instead an adjective "Hermetic".
Nearby Word: hermetically
Mutual synonyms
Both words in one sentence
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Alexey Pehov's Wind and Sparks series occurs as the two-millennia conflict between the white (arcane, hermetic) and the black (priest-like necromantic) schools erupts into yet another continent-spanning war.
Source: Un Equal Rites
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