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adjective
Cryptical, Cryptic  adj.  
1.
Hidden; secret; occult. "Her (nature's) more cryptic ways of working."
2.
Incomprehensible to those not familiar with the culture or jargon; as, the new insurance policy is written without cryptic or mysterious terms.
Synonyms: inscrutable, mysterious, mystifying.
3.
Having a secret or hidden meaning; as, cryptic symbols engraved in stone; cryptic writings.
Synonyms: cabalistic, occult, secret, sibylline.
4.
Having a puzzling terseness; as, a cryptic note.
5.
Not evident; unrecognized; as, a cryptic infection.
6.
Written in a code or cipher; as, a cryptic message.
Synonyms: encoded, enciphered, encrypted.






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"Cryptical" Quotes from Famous Books



... Of which cryptic utterance Damaris, at the time, could—to quote her own phrase—"make no sense!"—Nor could she make sense of it, now, when counting her blessings, she rested, in happy idleness, upon the faded scarlet ...
— Deadham Hard • Lucas Malet

... Cryptic words which, suddenly, for Beautrelet, shone bright with clearness! Was this not an exact statement of the reasons that determined Francis I. to create a town on this spot and was not the fate of the Havre-de-Grace linked with the ...
— The Hollow Needle • Maurice Leblanc

... discover ... after all and all ... From what alembic issues forth the Spring, What cryptic finger, moving by a wall, Leaves tulip writs in tulip colouring; I shall have knowledge of the tug and grip Of tender roots where they are thrust and curled, And what frail doors are opened to let slip The hidden ...
— Ships in Harbour • David Morton

... was a person of many cryptic exclamations, this bride of his. Presently she said: "Indeed, Monsieur Bulmer, I entreat you to leave Poictesme. I have informed Louis of everything, and he ...
— Gallantry - Dizain des Fetes Galantes • James Branch Cabell

... those lights," he said, pointing to those that gleamed across the water through the London haze that sometimes makes for a melancholy beauty, "and that movement of the river in the night, tremulous and cryptic like ...
— The Call of the Blood • Robert Smythe Hichens


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