| Eventually, just two competitors stand against each other until one is able to spell some arcane word that the other cannot. |
| The play has inconsistencies of tone, and like all Shakespearean comedy, its jokes are archaic and arcane. |
| Apparently there's some strange, arcane folk belief that wearing such headgear actually makes everything you say and do amusing. |
| The riotous crowd around him swept him along through arcane underground tunnels to a vaulted hall. |
| His telling anecdotes draw on years of personal acquaintance with key figures, and alert attendance at arcane, cultish tech conferences. |
| For a long time, Irving used his streetwise independence to dazzle career academics with the arcane quality of his research. |
