n. 25B6; noun his interest in the occult : THE SUPERNATURAL, supernaturalism, magic, black magic, witchcraft, sorcery, necromancy, wizardry, the black arts, occultism, diabolism, devil worship, devilry, voodoo, hoodoo, white magic, mysticism; NZ makutu.
25B6; adjective
occult powers : SUPERNATURAL, magic, magical, mystical, mystic, psychic, preternatural, transcendental; cabbalistic, hermetic.
the typically occult language of the time : ESOTERIC, arcane, recondite, abstruse, secret; obscure, incomprehensible, impenetrable, puzzling, perplexing, mystifying, mysterious, enigmatic.