cryptic

Words with a similar base: cryptic, cryptical

'cryptic'

[cryptic.s.01] as in: of an obscure nature; ; ; ; - Rachel Carson

Examples:
the new insurance policy is written without cryptic or mysterious terms
a deep dark secret
the inscrutable workings of Providence
in its mysterious past it encompasses all the dim origins of life
rituals totally mystifying to visitors from other lands

'cryptic'

[cabalistic.s.01] as in: having a secret or hidden meaning; ; ; - John Gunther

Examples:
cabalistic symbols engraved in stone
cryptic writings
thoroughly sibylline in most of his pronouncements

'cryptic'

[cryptic.s.03] as in: having a puzzling terseness

Examples:
a cryptic note

Origins

					cryptic (English)
└── crypticus (Latin)
    └── κρυπτικός (Ancient Greek (to 1453))
        └── κρυπτός (Ancient Greek (to 1453))
            └── κρύπτω (Ancient Greek (to 1453))

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