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occiduous

occiduous adjective: western; occidental.

Adjective

occiduous (comparative more occiduous, superlative most occiduous)

  1. Western; occidental.

Forms of occiduous

comparativemore occiduous
superlativemost occiduous

Origin of occiduous

From Latin occiduus, from. occido (“to go down”).

Questions about occiduous

What does occiduous mean?
Occiduous means western; occidental.
What part of speech is occiduous?
Occiduous is an adjective.

Words near occiduous in the dictionary

  1. occidentosis
  2. occidentotropism
  3. occidentotropisms
  4. occidents
  5. occidiofungin
  6. occiduous
  7. occies
  8. occifer
  9. occipit-
  10. occipita
  11. occipital

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