CRYPTIC

(adj.) having a puzzling terseness
"a cryptic note"
She wrote a cryptic note to him. -added by naila_inlas
(adj.) having a secret or hidden meaning
"cabalistic symbols engraved in stone", "cryptic writings", "thoroughly sibylline in most of his pronouncements"
synonyms : cabalistic , cryptical , kabbalistic , qabalistic , sibylline
There was a cryptic note at the end of the letter she wrote to him. -added by naila_inlas
(adj.) 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", "rituals totally mystifying to visitors from other lands"
synonyms : cryptical , deep , inscrutable , mysterious , mystifying

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An inscrutable idol..don't know what whether it is gazing back into an inscrutable pre-Olympian past?..i think not..not very clear on this..

Mnemonics for cryptic

(Tag: ) Crypt means Secret . . . So Cryptic means something secret . . .Puzzle
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(Tag: ) crypt+ic..crypt..sounds very close to word corrupt...and corrupted leaders always keep thier SECRETS hidden.
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(Tag: english) enCRYPTIon is done to keep up the secret and it is always confusing.....
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(Tag: ) cryptic sounds like Encrypted i.e something written in encrypted form(hidden from others)
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(Tag: ) scrip of the booth film was...mysterious till end
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