arcanist

American  

[ahr-key-nist] / ɑrˈkeɪ nɪst /

noun

1. a person professing special secret knowledge concerning ceramics, especially concerning the making of porcelain.

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Etymology

Origin of arcanist

First recorded in 1900–05; arcan(um) + -ist

Example Sentences

And while I know her role is largely administrative, I hope there’s a future in which she could dust off her arcanist tome and join us for a dungeon crawl or two.

From The Verge • Apr. 1, 2022

The arcanist bent at the waist and gasped a short, painful breath.

From "The Name of the Wind" by Patrick Rothfuss

Listening to the average citizen speak, it was easy to forget that this part of the world had not seen an arcanist burned for nearly three hundred years.

From "The Name of the Wind" by Patrick Rothfuss

Things no good arcanist was ever supposed to consider.

From "The Name of the Wind" by Patrick Rothfuss

“However, a man, an arcanist, must focus himself on the present day. He must attend to practical things.”

From "The Name of the Wind" by Patrick Rothfuss