English Dictionary

cryptic

/ˈkɹɪptɪk/

adj

Having hidden meaning. / Mystified or of an obscure nature. / Involving use of a code or cipher.

The cryptic message left everyone puzzled.

意味（1）

Having hidden meaning.

意味（2）

Mystified or of an obscure nature.

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[…]

意味（3）

Involving use of a code or cipher.

意味（4）

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.

意味（5）

(zoology) Well camouflaged; having good camouflage.

Lonomia caterpillars are extremely cryptic.

意味（6）

(zoology) Serving as camouflage.

cryptic colouring

意味（7）

(biology, not comparable) Apparently identical, but actually genetically distinct.

cryptic species

意味（8）

(zoology) Living in a cavity or small cave.

Much of the Permian Capitan reef was strongly differentiated into open surface and cryptic communities.