occult
/əˈkʌlt/ adjective C2- Secret; hidden from general knowledge; undetected. · occult blood loss; occult cancer
- not visible, but chemically detectable. · occult blood in the urine
- Related to the occult; pertaining to mysticism, magic, or astrology.
- Esoteric.
From the library
“Oh, I am aware of that,” said Madame de Villefort; “but I have a passion for the occult sciences, which speak to the imagination like poetry, and are reducible to figures, like an algebraic equation; but go on, I beg of you; what you say interests me to the greatest degree.”
I began to think of genii, sylphs, gnomes, in short, of all the ministers of the occult sciences, until I laughed aloud at the freaks of my own imagination.
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