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CRYPTIC
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I. (adjective)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Having a puzzling terseness
Example:
a cryptic note
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Similar:
concise (expressing much in few words)
Sense 2
Meaning:
Having a secret or hidden meaning
Example:
thoroughly sibylline in most of his pronouncements
Synonyms:
cabalistic; cryptic; cryptical; kabbalistic; qabalistic; sibylline
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Similar:
esoteric (confined to and understandable by only an enlightened inner circle)
Sense 3
Meaning:
Of an obscure nature
Example:
rituals totally mystifying to visitors from other lands
Synonyms:
cryptic; cryptical; deep; inscrutable; mysterious; mystifying
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Adjectives
Similar:
incomprehensible; inexplicable (incapable of being explained or accounted for)
