Definition of Secret writing

1. Noun. A piece of writing in code or cipher.

Exact synonyms: Cryptogram, Cryptograph
Generic synonyms: Piece Of Writing, Writing, Written Material

2. Noun. Act of writing in code or cipher.

Lexicographical Neighbors of Secret Writing

secret-sacred
secret Santa
secret Santas
secret admirer
secret admirers
secret agent
secret agents
secret approval
secret ballot
secret code
secret of Polichinelle
secret plan
secret police
secret service
secret society
secret writing (current term)
secreta
secretage
secretagogue
secretagogues
secretaire
secretarial
secretarial school
secretarially
secretariat
secretariate
secretariates
secretariats
secretaried

Literary usage of Secret writing

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Lives of the Queens of Scotland and English Princesses Connected with the by Agnes Strickland (1859)
"means fail, the best recipe for secret writing is alum dissolved in a little clear water twenty-four hours before it is required to write with. ..."

2. The History of the Anglo-Saxons: From the Earliest Period to the Norman Conquest by Sharon Turner (1852)
"... which contains many other curious receipts on this subject.22 They had the art of secret writing, by substituting other letters for the h've vowels: ..."

3. Annals of the Reformation and Establishment of Religion, and Other Various by John Strype (1824)
"Talk of putting the Scottish queen to death. Account given of her by the earl of Shrewsbury, her keeper. Linen sent to her, with secret writing on it. ..."

4. The History of the Anglo-Saxons from the Earliest Period to the Norman Conquest by Sharon Turner (1886)
"... which contains many other curious receipts on this subject.22 THEY had the art of secret writing, by substituting other letters for the five vowels: ..."

5. The Secret Societies of All Ages and Countries by Charles William Heckethorn (1897)
"Nomenclature and secret writing of Order. — The most important person of the Order after Weishaupt was Baron de Knigge, who assumed the pseudonym of " Philo ..."

6. The Secret Societies of All Ages and Countries by Charles William Heckethorn (1897)
"Nomenclature and secret writing of Order. — The most important person of the Order after Weishaupt was Baron de Knigge, who assumed the pseudonym of " Philo ..."

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