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Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers:: crypto-, (before a vowel)crypt- combining form - secret, hidden, or concealed
Etymology: New Latin, from Greek kruptos hidden, from kruptein to hide cryp•to (krip′tō),USA pronunciation n., pl. -tos, adj. n. - a person who secretly supports or adheres to a group, party, or belief.
adj. - secret or hidden;
not publicly admitted:a crypto Nazi.
- 1945–50; probably independent use of crypto-; cf -o
- Cryptographya combining form meaning "hidden,'' "secret,'' used in the formation of compound words:cryptograph.
- combining form representing Greek kryptós hidden. See crypt
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