occiput UK /ˈɒk.sɪ.pʌt/US /ˈɑk.səˌpʌt/ noun1 •The back part of the head or skull.He wore a large white cotton Nubian shirt, trimmed with red pompons, and shaved his head, except for one lock at the occiput ‘by which Mohammed lifts you up on Judgement Day’. — 2002 formsoccipita · occiputs