See Also: Occident(dictionary)
Occident(dictionary)

unrestrainable (iou) and Occident (iou)


unrestrainable (iou)



unrestrainable adjective. LME.
[from UN-1 + RESTRAINABLE.]
Not restrainable.
unrestrainably adverb E17.

Occident (iou)



Occident noun & adjective. Chiefly poet. & rhet. Also (esp. in sense 1) occident. LME.
[Old & mod. French from Latin occident-, occidens setting, sunset, west, use as noun of pres. pple of occidere go down, set: see OCCASION noun, -ENT.]
A. noun.
The region of the sky in which the sun sets; the west. Now rare. LME.
The part of the world to the west of some recognized part, i.e. western Europe, Europe and America, or the western hemisphere; the civilization or culture of the West. LME.
B. adjective. Situated in the west, western. E-M16.
? Opp. orient.