occasive

English

Etymology

From Latin occasivus, from occasus (“a going down, setting of the heavenly bodies”), from occidere (“to fall or down”). See occasion.

Adjective

occasive (not comparable)

1. (obsolete) Of or pertaining to the setting sun
2. (obsolete, of the sun) descending

References

• “occasive”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.