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Cryptic

Cryptic Definition And Meaning
What's The Definition Of Cryptic? [adj] having a puzzling terseness; "a cryptic note" [adj] having a secret or hidden meaning; "cabalistic symbols engraved in stone"; "cryptic writings"; "thoroughly sibylline in most of his pronouncements"- John Gunther [adj] of an obscure nature; "the new insurance policy is written without cryptic or mysterious terms"; "a deep dark secret"; "the inscrutible workings of Providence"; "in its mysterious past it encompasses all the dim origins of life"- Rachel Carson; "rituals totally mystifying to visitors from other lands" Synonyms \| Synonyms for Cryptic: cabalistic \| concise \| cryptical \| deep \| esoteric \| incomprehensible \| inexplicable \| inscrutable \| mysterious \| mystifying \| sibylline Related Terms \| Find terms related to Cryptic: abstruse \| arcane \| between the lines \| cabalistic \| cabbalistic \| censored \| classified \| close \| closed \| concealed \| covert \| dark \| delitescent \| dormant \| enigmatic \| equivocal \| esoteric \| evasive \| hermetic \| hibernating \| hidden \| hush-hush \| incomprehensible \| inexplicable \| inscrutable \| latent \| lurking \| muffled \| murky \| mysterious \| mystic \| mystical \| mystifying \| nebulous \| obfuscated \| obscure \| obscured \| occult \| opaque \| perplexing \| possible \| potential \| puzzling \| recondite \| restricted \| riddling \| secret \| secretive \| sleeping \| smothered \| sphinxlike \| stifled \| strange \| submerged \| suppressed \| tenebrous \| top secret \| ulterior \| unbreatheable \| unclear \| under security \| under the surface \| under wraps \| underlying \| undisclosable \| undisclosed \| undivulgable \| undivulged \| unfathomable \| uninformative \| unmanifested \| unrevealable \| unrevealed \| unspoken \| untellable \| untold \| unutterable \| unuttered \| unwhisperable \| vague \| veiled \| virtual See Also \| Cryptic In Webster's Dictionary \Cryp"tic\ (kr[i^]p"t[i^]k), Cryptical \Cryp"tic*al\ (-t?-kal), a. [L. crypticus, Gr. kryptiko`s, fr. kry`ptein to hide.] Hidden; secret; occult. ``Her [nature's] more cryptic ways of working.'' --Glanvill.

Cryptic Definition And Meaning

What's The Definition Of Cryptic?

[adj] having a puzzling terseness; "a cryptic note"
[adj] having a secret or hidden meaning; "cabalistic symbols engraved in stone"; "cryptic writings"; "thoroughly sibylline in most of his pronouncements"- John Gunther
[adj] of an obscure nature; "the new insurance policy is written without cryptic or mysterious terms"; "a deep dark secret"; "the inscrutible workings of Providence"; "in its mysterious past it encompasses all the dim origins of life"- Rachel Carson; "rituals totally mystifying to visitors from other lands"

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Cryptic In Webster's Dictionary

\Cryp"tic\ (kr[i^]p"t[i^]k), Cryptical \Cryp"tic*al\
(-t?-kal), a. [L. crypticus, Gr. kryptiko`s, fr. kry`ptein to
hide.]
Hidden; secret; occult. ``Her [nature's] more cryptic ways of
working.'' --Glanvill.

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