occult
noun
[ ɒˈkʌlt ]
• mystical, supernatural, or magical powers, practices, or phenomena.
• "a secret society to study alchemy and the occult"
Similar:
the supernatural,
the paranormal,
supernaturalism,
magic,
black magic,
witchcraft,
sorcery,
necromancy,
wizardry,
the black arts,
Kabbalah,
cabbalism,
occultism,
diabolism,
devil worship,
devilry,
voodoo,
hoodoo,
white magic,
witchery,
witching,
orenda,
mysticism,
makutu,
theurgy,
occult
adjective
• involving or relating to mystical, supernatural, or magical powers, practices, or phenomena.
• "an occult ceremony"
Similar:
supernatural,
magic,
magical,
mystical,
mystic,
paranormal,
psychic,
necromantic,
preternatural,
transcendental,
secret,
hidden,
dark,
concealed,
veiled,
invisible,
obscure,
recondite,
cryptic,
arcane,
abstruse,
esoteric,
cabbalistic,
inexplicable,
unexplainable,
unfathomable,
incomprehensible,
impenetrable,
unrevealed,
puzzling,
perplexing,
mystifying,
mysterious,
enigmatic,
hermetic,
• (of a disease or process) not accompanied by readily discernible signs or symptoms.
• "careful palpation sometimes discloses occult spina bifida"
occult
verb
• cut off from view by interposing something.
• "a wooden screen designed to occult the competitors"
Origin:
late 15th century (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 .
