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A Word A Day : Cryptic
Tuesday, 4th September 2007 : Today's Word is ...
Cryptic
Pronunciation : krip'tik
1. Having hidden meaning
2. Mystifying, difficult to explain or understand
3. Secret or occult
4. Using code or cipher
5. Biology : Tending to conceal or camouflage
Late Latin crypticus, from Greek kruptikos, from kruptos, hidden, from kruptein, to hide
1. Arcane
2. Cabalistic
3. Enigmatic
4. Mysterious
5. Mystic
6. Mystical
7. Mystifying
8. Occult
9. Puzzling
10. Inscrutable
11. Mysterious
12. Incomprehensible
13. Inexplicable
14. Deep
1. Clear
2. Obvious
3. Plain
4. Seen
5. Straightforward
• A cryptic message was written on the rock by the cave entrance.
• The father and daughter would have been quite content, apparently, to eat their dinner in silence, or with a few cryptic remarks expressed in a shorthand which could not be understood by the servants.
Cryptically : Adverb
Crypticness : Noun
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