Arcane
Arcane adjective - Difficult for one of ordinary knowledge or intelligence to understand.
Both words in one sentence
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The Cthulhu Mythos short story "Remnants" by Fred Chappell has the Old Ones destroying and re-engineering the Moon into a giant five-pointed star for their own arcane purposes.
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Ludicrous Gibs: Arcane Beams tend to make a mess out of what they're pointed at quickly.
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He starts off as a normal man who's just a little too eager to gain arcane knowledge, but decades of dealing with the forces of darkness eventually turn him into a fiendish figure with pointed ears and claws.
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