Found 2 items, similar to cryptical.
English → English (WordNet) Definition: cryptical cryptical adj 1: of an obscure nature; “the new insurance policy is written without cryptic or mysterious terms”; “a deep dark secret”; “the inscrutible 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” [syn: cryptic, deep, inscrutable, mysterious, mystifying] 2: having a secret or hidden meaning; “cabalistic symbols engraved in stone”; “cryptic writings”; “thoroughly sibylline in most of his pronouncements”- John Gunther [syn: cabalistic, kabbalistic, qabalistic, cryptic, sibylline]
English → English (gcide) Definition: Cryptical Cryptic \Cryp"tic\ (kr[i^]p"t[i^]k), Cryptical \Cryp"tic*al\ (-t?-kal), a. [L. crypticus, Gr. kryptiko`s, fr. kry`ptein to hide.] Hidden; secret; occult. ``Her [nature's] more cryptic ways of working.'' --Glanvill. [1913 Webster] 2. incomprehensible to those not familiar with the culture or jargon; as, the new insurance policy is written without cryptic or mysterious terms. Syn: inscrutable, mysterious, mystifying. [WordNet 1.5] 3. having a secret or hidden meaning; as, cryptic symbols engraved in stone; cryptic writings. Syn: cabalistic, occult, secret, sibylline. [WordNet 1.5] 3. having a puzzling terseness; as, a cryptic note. [WordNet 1.5] 4. not evident; unrecognized; as, a cryptic infection. [PJC] 5. written in a code or cipher; as, a cryptic message. Syn: encoded, enciphered, encrypted. [PJC]