单词 | cryptogrammic |
释义 | cryptogrammicadj. Written in code or cipher; relating to a cryptogram or cryptograms. ΘΚΠ the mind > mental capacity > knowledge > secrecy, concealment > code, cipher > [adjective] ciphered1611 characterical?a1617 cryptogrammic1860 encrypted1958 enciphered1959 the mind > mental capacity > knowledge > secrecy, concealment > code, cipher > [adjective] > of the nature of a cryptogram cryptogrammatic1881 cryptogrammic1901 1860 J. Cochran Revelation of John vi. 82 This cryptogrammic language then ought to be its own interpreter. 1884 Bazaar, Exchange & Mart 22 Dec. 666/2 Every vowel and consonant in the words of the cryptogramic sentence was represented. 1901 Westm. Gaz. 3 Jan. 2/3 By a bewildering..system of..word-counting he constructed a cryptogrammic theory. 1993 M. Flynn In Country of Blind 99 Buried deep within the harmless chatter was a cryptogrammic algorithm. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2011; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < adj.1860 |
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