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occasive

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables
oc-ca-sive
IPA
15
Scrabble Score
8
Letters
3
Syllables
7
Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Of or pertaining to the setting sun

Obsolete

adj

descending

Obsolete

Etymology

From Latin occasivus, from occasus (“a going down, setting of the heavenly bodies”), from occidere (“to fall or down”). See occasion.

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Questions

What does occasive mean?
Of or pertaining to the setting sun
Where does occasive come from?
It is traced to Latin.

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