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cryptic [a]
 
1)of an obscure nature; "the new insurance policy is written without cryptic or mysterious terms"; "a deep dark secret"; "the inscrutible workings of Providence"; "in its mysterious past it encompasses all the dim origins of life"- Rachel Carson; "rituals totally mystifying to visitors from other lands"
    Synonyms :cryptical deep inscrutable mysterious mystifying 
    See Also: incomprehensible 
 
2)having a secret or hidden meaning; "cabalistic symbols engraved in stone"; "cryptic writings"; "thoroughly sibylline in most of his pronouncements"- John Gunther
    Synonyms :cabalistic cryptical kabbalistic qabalistic sibylline 
    See Also: esoteric 
 
3)having a puzzling terseness; "a cryptic note"
    Synonyms :
    See Also: concise 
 




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