| 1. | mysterious in meaning; puzzling; ambiguous: a cryptic message. |
| 2. | abrupt; terse; short: a cryptic note. |
| 3. | secret; occult: a cryptic writing. |
| 4. | involving or using cipher, code, etc. |
| 5. | Zoology. fitted for concealing; serving to camouflage. |
| 6. | a cryptogram, esp. one designed as a puzzle. |
cryp·tic (krĭp'tĭk) adj.
[Late Latin crypticus, from Greek kruptikos, from kruptos, hidden, from kruptein, to hide.] cryp'ti·cal·ly adv., cryp'tic·ness n. |
cryptic cryp·tic (krĭp'tĭk)
n.
Hidden or concealed.
Tending to conceal or camouflage, as the coloring of an animal.