Dictionary entry

Cryptic

Webster's Dictionary 1913

{ Cryp″tic (krĭp″tĭk), Cryp″tic‐al (–t?–kal), } a. [L. crypticus, Gr. κρυπτικόσ, fr. κρύπτειν to hide.] Hidden; secret; occult. “Her more cryptic ways of working.” Glanvill.