occecation
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English
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Latin occaecatio, from occaecare (“to make blind”), from ob + caecare (“to blind”), from caecus (“blind”).
Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]occecation (uncountable)
- (obsolete) The act of making blind
- Synonym: blinding
- The state of being blind.
- 17th century, Joseph Hall, Meditations (possibly?)
- It is an addition to the misery of this inward occecation.
- Synonym: blindness
- 17th century, Joseph Hall, Meditations (possibly?)
References
[edit]- “occecation”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.