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cryptic (adj.)
1630s, "hidden, occult, mystical," from Late Latin
crypticus
, from Greek
kryptikos
"fit for concealing," from
kryptos
"hidden" (see
crypt
). Meaning "mysterious, enigmatic" is recorded from 1920. Related:
Cryptically
.
