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WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2024cryp•tic /ˈkrɪptɪk/USA pronunciation adj. - mysterious;
puzzling:cryptic remarks about her work. - secret;
occult:cryptic writing.
cryp•ti•cal•ly, adv. WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024cryp•tic (krip′tik),USA pronunciation adj. Also, cryp′ti•cal. - mysterious in meaning;
puzzling;
ambiguous:a cryptic message. - abrupt;
terse;
short:a cryptic note. - secret;
occult:a cryptic writing. - Cryptographyinvolving or using cipher, code, etc.
- Zoologyfitted for concealing;
serving to camouflage.
n. - Cryptographya cryptogram, esp. one designed as a puzzle.
- Greek kryptikós hidden. See crypt, -ic
- Late Latin crypticus
- 1595–1605
- 1.See corresponding entry in Unabridged enigmatic, perplexing. See ambiguous.
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