Esoteric
Definition
Designed for or understood by the specially initiated alone.
Etymology
Learned borrowing from Ancient Greek ἐσωτερικός (esōterikós, “belonging to an inner circle”), from ἐσωτέρω (esōtérō, “further inside”), comparative of ἔσω (ésō, “within”), from ἐς (es), εἰς (eis, “into”) (the term esoteric referred originally to the secret teachings of Greek philosophers, versus public or exoteric ones).
Synonyms
arcane, recondite, acroamatic
In a sentence
- An esoteric config flag that only three people in the company understood.
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