cryptic (
http://definr.com/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,
cryptical,
sibylline]
3: having a puzzling terseness; "a cryptic note"