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cryptical

cryptical adjective: cryptic.

Adjective

cryptical (comparative more cryptical, superlative most cryptical)

  1. cryptic
    • Many times the moon hears strange music as it shines on those courts and terraces and pinnacles, but whether that music be the song of the god or the chant of the cryptical priests, none but the King of Ilek-Vad may say; for only he has entered the temple or seen the priests.1927, H. P. Lovecraft, The Dream-Quest of Unknown Kadath

Forms of cryptical

comparativemore cryptical
superlativemost cryptical

Questions about cryptical

What does cryptical mean?
Cryptical means cryptic.
What part of speech is cryptical?
Cryptical is an adjective.

Words near cryptical in the dictionary

  1. cryptic crosswords
  2. cryptic definition
  3. cryptic definitions
  4. cryptic ovulation
  5. cryptic species
  6. cryptical
  7. cryptically
  8. cryptices
  9. crypticity
  10. cryptick
  11. crypticness

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