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cryptick

cryptick is the obsolete form of cryptic.

Meaning of cryptic

Adjective

cryptic (comparative more cryptic, superlative most cryptic)

  1. Having hidden (unapparent) meaning.
  2. Mystified or of an obscure nature; not easy to perceive.
    • I think the Original of this conceit might be, That the Students of Nature, conſcious to her more cryptick wayes of working, reſolve many ſtrange effects into the nearer efficiency of ſecond cauſes[…]1665, Joseph Glanvill, “An Apology for Philosophy”, in Scepsis Scientifica: Or, Confest Ignorance, the way to Science, London: E. Cotes, page 182
  3. Involving use of a code or cipher.
  4. (crosswording) Of a crossword puzzle, or a clue in such a puzzle, using, in addition to definitions, wordplay such as anagrams, homophones and hidden words to indicate solutions.
  5. Well camouflaged; having good camouflage.
    • Lonomia caterpillars are extremely cryptic.
  6. Serving as camouflage.
    • cryptic colouring

See all 10 meanings of cryptic

Forms of cryptick

comparativemore cryptick
superlativemost cryptick

Questions about cryptick

What is cryptick the obsolete form of?
Cryptick is the obsolete form of cryptic.

Words near cryptick in the dictionary

  1. cryptic species
  2. cryptical
  3. cryptically
  4. cryptices
  5. crypticity
  6. cryptick
  7. crypticness
  8. cryptics
  9. cryptid
  10. cryptidin
  11. cryptidine

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