cryptic Meaning, Definition & Usage

1. adjective satellite of an obscure nature
   cryptical; deep; mystifying; inscrutable; mysterious.
   
   • 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"- Rachel Carson
   • rituals totally mystifying to visitors from other lands
2. adjective satellite having a secret or hidden meaning
   cryptical; sibylline; cabalistic; qabalistic; kabbalistic.
   
   • cabalistic symbols engraved in stone
   • cryptic writings
   • thoroughly sibylline in most of his pronouncements"- John Gunther
3. adjective satellite having a puzzling terseness
   
   • a cryptic note

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