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    cryptic - Dictionary definition and meaning for word cryptic

    Definition
    (adj) of an obscure nature
    Example Sentence
    • 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
    • rituals totally mystifying to visitors from other lands
    Definition
    (adj) having a secret or hidden meaning
    Example Sentence
    • cabalistic symbols engraved in stone
    • cryptic writings
    • thoroughly sibylline in most of his pronouncements
    Definition
    (adj) having a puzzling terseness
    Example Sentence
    • a cryptic note
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Crypt means Secret . . . So Cryptic means something secret . . .Puzzle

crypt+ic..crypt..sounds very close to word corrupt...and corrupted leaders always keep thier SECRETS hidden.

enCRYPTIon is done to keep up the secret and it is always confusing.....

cryptic sounds like Encrypted i.e something written in encrypted form(hidden from others)

scrip of the booth film was...mysterious till end


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