cryptical Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. adjective satellite of an obscure nature
    cryptic; deep; mystifying; inscrutable; mysterious.
    • 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"- Rachel Carson
    • rituals totally mystifying to visitors from other lands
  2. adjective satellite having a secret or hidden meaning
    cryptic; sibylline; cabalistic; qabalistic; kabbalistic.
    • cabalistic symbols engraved in stone
    • cryptic writings
    • thoroughly sibylline in most of his pronouncements"- John Gunther

WordNet


Cryp"tic, Cryp"tic*al adjective (Also<
  • Cryptic
  • Cryptical
)
Etymology
L. crypticus, Gr., fr. to hide.
Definitions
  1. Hidden; secret; occult. "Her [nature's] more cryptic ways of working." Glanvill.

Webster 1913