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cryptology|krɪpˈtɒlədʒɪ|
[ad. mod.L. cryptologia, f. Gr. κρυπτός hidden + -λογια speaking, etc.: see -logy.]
a. ‘Secret speech or communication’ (Blount 1656); mystical or enigmatical language.
[1641Wilkins Mercury ii. (1707) 8 Cryptologia, or the Secresy of Speaking, may consist either 1. In the Matter. 2. In the words.] c1645Howell Lett. I. iii. xxxvii, Cryptology, or Epistolizing in a Clandestin way, is very ancient. 1840New Monthly Mag. LX. 226 Certain advertising individuals..are most mischievously addicted to another species of cryptology.
b. (See quot. 1967.)
1945J. S. Galland (title) An historical and analytical bibliography of the literature of cryptology. 1957Encycl. Brit. V. 923/1 Because of..the remarkable progress made in communications-electronics technology, cryptology has come to play a very important role in governmental communications. 1967D. Kahn Codebreakers p. xvi, Cryptology is the science that embraces cryptography and cryptanalysis, but the term ‘cryptology’ sometimes loosely designates the entire dual field of both rendering signals secure and extracting information from them. |