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cryptadia

cryptadia noun: things to be kept secret.

Noun

cryptadia pl (plural only)

  1. (plural, plural-only, rare) Things to be kept secret.
    • A list of the formulae, if not trenching upon the domain of cryptadia, might be desirable.1886 July 31, Notes and Queries, page 87
    • When long ago I penetrated the cryptadia of the Mashona concerning totemism, I did in fact find old traditions which supported the theory that totemism follows and implements the rules of the kinship system; but first it should be stated that some legends were certainly antithetical to this view.1951, NADA: The Southern Rhodesia Native Affairs Department Annual

Questions about cryptadia

What does cryptadia mean?
Cryptadia means things to be kept secret.
What part of speech is cryptadia?
Cryptadia is a noun.

Words near cryptadia in the dictionary

  1. crypt
  2. crypt of Lieberkühn
  3. crypt-
  4. cryptacanthodid
  5. cryptacanthodids
  6. cryptadia
  7. cryptaesthesia
  8. cryptaesthetic
  9. cryptal
  10. cryptalgal
  11. cryptamnesia

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