Occasive

adj

adj ·Rare ·Advanced level

Definitions

Adjective
  1. 1
    Of or pertaining to the setting sun not-comparable, obsolete
  2. 2
    descending not-comparable, 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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