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occult

verb
/ˈɒk.ʌlt/UK/əˈkʌlt/US

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *h₁ep-der. Proto-Indo-European *h₁epsder. Proto-Indo-European *h₁epi Proto-Italic *op Latin ob Latin ob- Proto-Indo-European *ḱel- Proto-Indo-European *ḱéletider. Latin *celo Latin occulō Latin occultusbor. English occult Borrowed from Latin occultus (“hidden, secret”).

  1. derived from *celo Latin occulō Latin occultusbor✻
  2. derived from *h₁epi Proto-Italic *op Latin ob Latin ob- Proto-Indo-European *ḱel- Proto-Indo-European *ḱéletider✻
  3. derived from *h₁epsder✻
  4. derived from *h₁ep-der✻

Definitions

  1. To cover or hide from view.

    • The Earth occults the Moon during a lunar eclipse.

  2. To dissimulate, conceal, or obfuscate.

    • […]to do so would occult rather than illuminate the utterly unexpected and surprising character of his coming and of his reign.

  3. Secret

    Secret; hidden from general knowledge; undetected.

    • occult blood loss; occult cancer
    • This counter-influence is so much more conclusive[…] because it is of an occult kind, and is so insensible in its advances as to escape observation.
  4. ›+ 4 more definitions

    1. not visible, but chemically detectable.

      • occult blood in the urine

    2. Related to the occult

      Related to the occult; pertaining to mysticism, magic, or astrology.

      • The concoctions contrived by Italians were particularly in clamant demand, while the occult sciences of astrology and alchemy lent their support[.]
      • Be aware that occult knowledge can be used for good or evil purposes.

    3. Esoteric.

    4. Supernatural affairs.

      • Due to my strong personal convictions / I wish to stress / That this record / In no way endorses / A belief in the occult

The neighborhood

Vish — recursive loop

A definitional loop anchored at occult. Each word in the ring is defined by the next; follow the chain far enough and it folds back on itself. Scroll to it and watch.

01occult02obfuscate03truth04genuine05counterfeit06deceitful07deceptive08deceive09trick10magic

A definitional loop anchored at occult. Each word in the ring appears in the definition of the next; follow the chain far enough and it folds back on itself.

10 hops · closes at occult

curated · pre-corpus. live cycle detection across the full graph is the next major milestone.

sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA