mysterious, mystic, mystical, occult, secret, orphic
(adjective) having an import not apparent to the senses nor obvious to the intelligence; beyond ordinary understanding; âmysterious symbolsâ; âthe mystical style of Blakeâ; âoccult loreâ; âthe secret learning of the ancientsâ
occult
(adjective) hidden and difficult to see; âan occult fractureâ; âoccult blood in the stoolâ
occult, occult arts
(noun) supernatural practices and techniques; âhe is a student of the occultâ
supernatural, occult
(noun) supernatural forces and events and beings collectively; âShe doesnât believe in the supernaturalâ
occult
(verb) hide from view; âThe lids were occulting her eyesâ
occult
(verb) become concealed or hidden from view or have its light extinguished; âThe beam of light occults every so oftenâ
eclipse, occult
(verb) cause an eclipse of (a celestial body) by intervention; âThe Sun eclipses the moon todayâ; âPlanets and stars often are occulted by other celestial bodiesâ
Source: WordNet® 3.1
occult (third-person singular simple present occults, present participle occulting, simple past and past participle occulted)
(transitive, astronomy) To cover or hide from view.
(transitive, rare) To dissimulate, conceal, or obfuscate.
occult (comparative more occult, superlative most occult)
(medicine) Secret; hidden from general knowledge; undetected.
Related to the occult; pertaining to mysticism, magic, or astrology.
Esoteric.
occult (uncountable)
(usually with "the") Supernatural affairs.
Source: Wiktionary
Oc*cult", a. Etym: [L. occultus, p.p. of occulere to cover up, hide; ob (see Ob-) + a root prob.akin to E. hell: cf. F. occulte.]
Definition: Hidden from the eye or the understanding; inviable; secret; concealed; unknown. It is of an occult kind, and is so insensible in its advances as to escape observation. I. Taylor. Occult line (Geom.), a line drawn as a part of the construction of a figure or problem, but not to appear in the finished plan.
– Occult qualities, those qualities whose effects only were observed, but the nature and relations of whose productive agencies were undetermined; -- so called by the schoolmen.
– Occult sciences, those sciences of the Middle Ages which related to the supposed action or influence of occult qualities, or supernatural powers, as alchemy, magic, necromancy, and astrology.
Oc*cult", v. t.
Definition: To eclipse; to hide from sight.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
22 February 2025
(noun) the use of closed-class words instead of inflections: e.g., âthe father of the brideâ instead of âthe brideâs fatherâ
The earliest credible evidence of coffee-drinking as the modern beverage appeared in modern-day Yemen. In the middle of the 15th century in Sufi shrines where coffee seeds were first roasted and brewed for drinking. The Yemenis procured the coffee beans from the Ethiopian Highlands.
