steganography Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. noun act of writing in code or cipher
    coding; cryptography; secret writing.

WordNet

Steg`a*nog"ra*phy noun
Etymology
Gr. covered (fr. to cover closely) + -graphy.
Definitions
  1. The art of writing in cipher, or in characters which are not intelligible except to persons who have the key; cryptography.

Webster 1913