LekhoriLekhoriHaving hidden (unapparent) meaning.
Mystified or of an obscure nature; not easy to perceive.
I think the Original of this conceit might be, That the Students of Nature, conſcious to her more cryptick wayes of working, reſolve many ſtrange effects into the nearer efficiency of ſecond cauſes[…]
Involving use of a code or cipher.
A cryptic crossword puzzle.
He settled down to the cryptic in the Independent. He loved his crossword. It kept him mentally active, just as gossip did his wife.
From Late Latin crypticus, from Ancient Greek κρυπτικός (kruptikós), from κρυπτός (kruptós, “hidden”), from κρύπτω (krúptō, “to hide”). Doublet of kryptic.
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