cryptic
[ krip-tik ]
/ ˈkrɪp tɪk /
adjective Also cryp·ti·cal.
mysterious in meaning; puzzling; ambiguous: a cryptic message.
abrupt; terse; short: a cryptic note.
secret; occult: a cryptic writing.
involving or using cipher, code, etc.
Zoology.
fitted for concealing; serving to camouflage.
noun
a cryptogram, especially one designed as a puzzle.
synonym study for cryptic
1. See
ambiguous.
OTHER WORDS FROM cryptic
cryp·ti·cal·ly, adverb non·cryp·tic, adjective non·cryp·ti·cal, adjective non·cryp·ti·cal·ly, adverbWords nearby cryptic
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British Dictionary definitions for cryptic
cryptic
cryptical
/ (ˈkrɪptɪk) /
adjective
hidden; secret; occult
(esp of comments, sayings, etc) obscure in meaning
(of the coloration of animals) tending to conceal by disguising or camouflaging the shape
Derived forms of cryptic
cryptically, adverbWord Origin for cryptic
C17: from Late Latin
crypticus, from Greek
kruptikos, from
kruptos concealed; see
crypt
Medical definitions for cryptic
cryptic
[ krĭp′tĭk ]
n.
Hidden or concealed.
Tending to conceal or camouflage, as the coloring of an animal.