Definition of cryptic
(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"- Rachel Carson; "rituals
totally mystifying to visitors from
other lands"
having a
secret or
hidden meaning; "cabalistic symbols
engraved in stone"; "cryptic writings"; "thoroughly sibylline in
most of his pronouncements"- John Gunther
having a
puzzling terseness; "a cryptic note"