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From: DICT.TW English-Chinese Dictionary 英漢字典

 cryp·tic /ˈkrɪptɪk/
 (a.)祕密的,神祕的,含義糢糊的,隱藏的

From: DICT.TW English-Chinese Medical Dictionary 英漢醫學字典

 cryp·tic /ˈkrɪptɪk/ 形容詞
 隱藏的

From: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

 Cryp·tic Cryp·tic·al a.  Hidden; secret; occult. “Her [nature's] more cryptic ways of working.”
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From: WordNet (r) 2.0

 cryptic
      adj 1: of an obscure nature; "the new insurance policy is written
             without cryptic or mysterious terms"; "a deep dark
             secret"; "the inscrutible workings of Providence"; "in
             its mysterious past it encompasses all the dim origins
             of life"- Rachel Carson; "rituals totally mystifying
             to visitors from other lands" [syn: cryptical, deep,
              inscrutable, mysterious, mystifying]
      2: having a secret or hidden meaning; "cabalistic symbols
         engraved in stone"; "cryptic writings"; "thoroughly
         sibylline in most of his pronouncements"- John Gunther
         [syn: cabalistic, kabbalistic, qabalistic, cryptical,
          sibylline]
      3: having a puzzling terseness; "a cryptic note"