occult
Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
occult
▶noun /ɒˈkʌlt, ˈɒkʌlt/ (the occult) supernatural or magical powers, practices, or phenomena. ▶adjective /ɒˈkʌlt, ˈɒkʌlt/
- 1 involving or relating to the occult.
- 2 esoteric.
- 3 Medicine (of a disease or process) not accompanied by readily discernible signs or symptoms.
■ (of blood) abnormally present, but detectable only chemically or microscopically.
- 1 cut off from view by interposing something.
- 2 Astronomy (of a celestial body) conceal (an apparently smaller body) from view by passing or being in front of it.
– derivatives
occultation noun,
occultism noun,
occultist noun,
occultly adverb,
occultness noun.
occultation noun,
occultism noun,
occultist noun,
occultly adverb,
occultness noun.
– origin C15 (earlier (ME) as occultation): from L. occultare ‘secrete’, frequentative of occult-, occulere ‘conceal’.
'occult' also found in these Oxford entries:
alien
- apport
- arcana
- astral
- aura
- auric
- automatic writing
- ba gua
- biodynamics
- candomblé
- contactee
- crop circle
- crystal ball
- crystal-gazing
- divination
- dowse
- ectoplasm
- elemental
- enchanter
- ESP
- extrasensory perception
- familiar
- feng shui
- flying saucer
- Fortean
- gas
- geomancy
- glamour
- grimoire
- hermetic
- incubus
- jumbie
- mambo
- mystical
- mysticism
- numerology
- ob-
- Ouija board
- palmistry
- parapsychic
- parapsychology
- pentacle
- pentagram
- physiognomy
- PK
- planchette
- poltergeist
- possess
- preternatural
