occult
adjective/ˈɒkʌlt/, /əˈkʌlt/
/əˈkʌlt/
- [only before noun] connected with magic powers and things that cannot be explained by reason or science synonym supernatural
- occult practices
- the occultnoun [singular] everything connected with occult practices, etc.
- He's interested in witchcraft and the occult.
Word Originlate 15th cent. (as a verb): from Latin occultare ‘secrete’, frequentative of occulere ‘conceal’, based on celare ‘to hide’; the adjective and noun from occult- ‘covered over’, from the verb occulere.
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