The word quackery was apparently derived from the arcane term "quacksalver," which means to boast of a cure.

And they mumble arcane technical terms like "the Oprah factor," which, they claim, may be the key to sending a book racing off the grid.

These arcane terms may not make sense to the untrained ear, but it often sounds as if grave matters of public policy are at stake.

Congress is now debating in very arcane terms the civil rights bill of 1991, arguing whether it will be a 'quota bill.'

However, she was still puzzling over why, since most had never seen a sheep, that arcane term survived.

The terms esoteric and arcane have very similar meanings, and the three terms are interchangeable.

A small exhibition catalog describes the show in somewhat arcane terms.

Learning about its provenance can, at the very least, make an arcane term meaningful.

(jack Crusher had a habit of using old, and even arcane, athletic terms.)

Disposal is another term arcane to the justice system.