occultive
Word Rarity
Very rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English
16
Scrabble Score
9
Letters
3
Syllables
8
Unique Chars
Meaning
adj
Related to or involving the occult or secret knowledge.
Example Sentences
- "To increase the difficulty there is frequent use made of paradox, hyperbole, the indirect and the allusive method: there is often the subtle reference and occultive meaning."
- "... powerful enough to penetrate through the occultive and deceptive tactics of the Rakshasa magic, and that I (Agastya) should so manage that Rama does not fall a prey to the deception so neatly and powerfully employed by the Rakshasas"."
- "Ikwu Ikili involves some occultive processes. In the process, the items are sent through spirit to the owner's home."
- "After five years' occultive gloom, / Once more the iron lilies bloom, / And we can walk at night / Streets newly washed in light."
- "In 1962, British radio astronomer Cyril Hazard used the moon as an occultive shield to discover strong radio emissions traceable to the constellation Virgo."
- "The occultive properties of both discourses, ethics and politics, have exerted a dominant and disfiguring influence in Rousseau studies."
Etymology
Word Breakdown
Inflected Forms
more occultive (comparative)
most occultive (superlative)