English words for 'Alternative form of esoteric.'
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noun
adj
- Confidential; private.
- Intended for or likely to be understood by only a small number of people with a specialized knowledge or interest, or an enlightened inner circle.
- Having to do with concepts that are highly theoretical and without obvious practical application; often with mystical or religious connotations.
- confined to and understandable by only an enlightened inner circle
adj
- Esoteric.
- Related to the occult; pertaining to mysticism, magic, or astrology.
- (medicine) Secret; hidden from general knowledge; undetected.
- (medicine): not visible, but chemically detectable.
- having an import not apparent to the senses nor obvious to the intelligence; beyond ordinary understanding
- hidden and difficult to see
noun
verb
adj
- (by extension) Occult, mysterious.
- Excessively and exorbitantly expensive. (In allusion to the Sibyl who sold three books to Tarquinius Superbus at the price of the original nine.)
- (by extension) Having oracle-like predicting powers, clairvoyant.
- Of or pertaining to or resembling a sibyl or female oracle, especially the Cumaean Sibyl and the Sibylline Books.
- resembling or characteristic of a prophet or prophecy
- having a secret or hidden meaning
noun
verb
- (transitive) To make mysterious; to entangle or obscure with the trappings of religion, mysticism, or superstition.
- (intransitive) To engage in politics as part of a cabal.
- (ambitransitive, by extension) To decode or demystify.
- (transitive) To encode using wordplay such as acrostics or ciphers.
- (rare, intransitive) To use cabalistic language or perform cabalistic magic.
- (transitive) To control or manipulate via a cabal or secret political organization.
- (intransitive) To study and interpret the Kabbalah.
- (computing, transitive) To encode as a Haskell package with the ".cabal" extension, which can then be installed and interpreted using the cabal command.
adj
- relating to or resembling mysticism
- Of, or relating to mystics, mysticism or occult mysteries; mystical.
- having an import not apparent to the senses nor obvious to the intelligence; beyond ordinary understanding
- relating to or characteristic of mysticism
- Mysterious and strange; arcane, obscure or enigmatic.
noun
adj
- relating to or resembling mysticism
- having an import not apparent to the senses nor obvious to the intelligence; beyond ordinary understanding
- relating to or characteristic of mysticism
- Having a spiritual or magical significance that transcends human understanding.
- Inspiring a sense of spiritual mystery, awe, and fascination.
- Relating to mystics or mysticism.
noun
adj
- Confidential; private.
- Intended for or likely to be understood by only a small number of people with a specialized knowledge or interest, or an enlightened inner circle.
- Having to do with concepts that are highly theoretical and without obvious practical application; often with mystical or religious connotations.
- confined to and understandable by only an enlightened inner circle
verb
- (transitive) To make mysterious; to entangle or obscure with the trappings of religion, mysticism, or superstition.
- (intransitive) To engage in politics as part of a cabal.
- (ambitransitive, by extension) To decode or demystify.
- (transitive) To encode using wordplay such as acrostics or ciphers.
- (rare, intransitive) To use cabalistic language or perform cabalistic magic.
- (transitive) To control or manipulate via a cabal or secret political organization.
- (intransitive) To study and interpret the Kabbalah.
- (computing, transitive) To encode as a Haskell package with the ".cabal" extension, which can then be installed and interpreted using the cabal command.
adj
- Esoteric.
- Related to the occult; pertaining to mysticism, magic, or astrology.
- (medicine) Secret; hidden from general knowledge; undetected.
- (medicine): not visible, but chemically detectable.
- having an import not apparent to the senses nor obvious to the intelligence; beyond ordinary understanding
- hidden and difficult to see
noun
verb
adj
- (by extension) Occult, mysterious.
- Excessively and exorbitantly expensive. (In allusion to the Sibyl who sold three books to Tarquinius Superbus at the price of the original nine.)
- (by extension) Having oracle-like predicting powers, clairvoyant.
- Of or pertaining to or resembling a sibyl or female oracle, especially the Cumaean Sibyl and the Sibylline Books.
- resembling or characteristic of a prophet or prophecy
- having a secret or hidden meaning
noun
adj
- relating to or resembling mysticism
- Of, or relating to mystics, mysticism or occult mysteries; mystical.
- having an import not apparent to the senses nor obvious to the intelligence; beyond ordinary understanding
- relating to or characteristic of mysticism
- Mysterious and strange; arcane, obscure or enigmatic.
noun
adj
- relating to or resembling mysticism
- having an import not apparent to the senses nor obvious to the intelligence; beyond ordinary understanding
- relating to or characteristic of mysticism
- Having a spiritual or magical significance that transcends human understanding.
- Inspiring a sense of spiritual mystery, awe, and fascination.
- Relating to mystics or mysticism.