occasive

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adjective

Of or pertaining to the setting sun

Scrabble 15

Meanings

adjectiveoccasive (not comparable)
  1. not comparableobsoleteOf or pertaining to the setting sun
  2. not comparableobsoletedescending

Origin

  1. Latinoccasivus
  2. Englishoccasive

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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APA

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MLA

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Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “occasive,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/occasive.

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