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cryptic
1: secret, occult2 a: having or seeming to have a hidden or ambiguous meaning : mysterious <cryptic messages> b: marked by an often perplexing brevity <cryptic marginal notes>3: serving to conceal <cryptic coloration in animals>; also : exhibiting cryptic coloration <cryptic animals>4: not recognized <a cryptic infection>5: employing cipher or code
synonyms see obscure — cryp·ti·cal·ly
 \-ti-k(ə-)lē\ adverb
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