| slovo | definícia |
cryptic
(mass) | cryptic
- tajomný |
cryptic
(encz) | cryptic,kryptický adj: Zdeněk Brož |
cryptic
(encz) | cryptic,tajemný adj: Zdeněk Brož |
Cryptic
(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] |
cryptic
(wn) | cryptic
adj 1: of an obscure nature; "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" [syn: cryptic,
cryptical, 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,
cryptical, sibylline]
3: having a puzzling terseness; "a cryptic note" |
| | podobné slovo | definícia |
cryptical
(mass) | cryptical
- tajomný |
cryptic coloration
(encz) | cryptic coloration, n: |
cryptical
(encz) | cryptical,kryptický adj: Zdeněk Brožcryptical,kryptový adj: Zdeněk Brožcryptical,mystický adj: Zdeněk Brožcryptical,tajemný adj: Zdeněk Brožcryptical,zakódovaný adj: Zdeněk Brožcryptical,zašifrovaný adj: Zdeněk Brož |
cryptically
(encz) | cryptically,záhadně adv: |
Cryptic
(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] |
Cryptical
(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] |
Cryptically
(gcide) | Cryptically \Cryp"tic*al*ly\, adv.
Secretly; occultly; in a manner so as to hide or obscure
meaning.
[1913 Webster +PJC] |
Holocryptic
(gcide) | Holocryptic \Hol`o*cryp"tic\, a. [Holo- + Gr. kry`ptein to
conceal.]
Wholly or completely concealing; incapable of being
deciphered.
[1913 Webster]
Holocryptic cipher, a cipher so constructed as to afford no
clew to its meaning to one ignorant of the key.
[1913 Webster] |
Holocryptic cipher
(gcide) | Holocryptic \Hol`o*cryp"tic\, a. [Holo- + Gr. kry`ptein to
conceal.]
Wholly or completely concealing; incapable of being
deciphered.
[1913 Webster]
Holocryptic cipher, a cipher so constructed as to afford no
clew to its meaning to one ignorant of the key.
[1913 Webster] |
cryptic coloration
(wn) | cryptic coloration
n 1: coloring that conceals or disguises an animal's shape |
cryptical
(wn) | cryptical
adj 1: of an obscure nature; "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" [syn: cryptic,
cryptical, 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,
cryptical, sibylline] |
cryptically
(wn) | cryptically
adv 1: in a cryptic manner; "we will meet again," he said
cryptically [syn: cryptically, enigmatically,
mysteriously] |
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