) Possessing inferior hardness, brilliancy, or beauty; -- used of inferior precious stones and gems, because those found in the Orient are generally superior. Occidentals (n.pl.) Western Christians of the Latin rite. See Orientals. Occiduous (a.) Western; occidental. Occipital (a.) Of ...
Nadir (n.) That point of the heavens, or lower hemisphere, directly opposite the zenith; the inferior pole of the horizon; the point of the celestial sphere directly under the place where we stand. Nadir (n.) The lowest point; the time of greatest depression. Naenia (n.) See Nenia. ...