Cryptical

2 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  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]

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  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}]