occultive

Adjective

occultive (comparative more occultive, superlative most occultive)

1. Related to or involving the occult or secret knowledge.
   • To increase the difficulty there is frequent use made of paradox, hyperbole, the indirect and the allusive method: there is often the subtle reference and occultive meaning.1933, Evan Morgan, Tao, the great luminant: essays from Huai nan tzu
   • ... powerful enough to penetrate through the occultive and deceptive tactics of the Rakshasa magic, and that I (Agastya) should so manage that Rama does not fall a prey to the deception so neatly and powerfully employed by the Rakshasas".1977, Govind Sadashiv Ghurye, Indian acculturation: Agastya and Skanda, page 54
2. Tending to obscure or occlude.
   • After five years' occultive gloom, / Once more the iron lilies bloom, / And we can walk at night / Streets newly washed in light.1945, New Statesman: The Week-end Review, page 115
   • In 1962, British radio astronomer Cyril Hazard used the moon as an occultive shield to discover strong radio emissions traceable to the constellation Virgo.2004, K. Lee Lerner, Brenda Wilmoth Lerner, The Gale Encyclopedia of Science: Pheasants-Star, page 3310