Definition of Cryptical

1. Adjective. Of an obscure nature. "Rituals totally mystifying to visitors from other lands"


2. Adjective. Having a secret or hidden meaning. "Thoroughly sibylline in most of his pronouncements"
Exact synonyms: Cabalistic, Cryptic, Kabbalistic, Qabalistic, Sibylline
Similar to: Esoteric
Derivative terms: Cabala, Kabbala, Qabala

Definition of Cryptical

1. Adjective. cryptic ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Cryptical

1. [adj]

Lexicographical Neighbors of Cryptical

cryptanalytics
cryptand
cryptands
cryptarithm
cryptarithmic
cryptarithms
cryptate
cryptates
cryptectomy
cryptenamine acetates
cryptic
cryptic coloration
cryptic crossword
cryptic crosswords
cryptic plasmid
cryptical
cryptically
crypticity
cryptick
cryptics
cryptid
cryptidine
cryptids
cryptitis
cryptlike
crypto
crypto-
crypto-fascism
crypto-fascist
crypto-fascistic

Literary usage of Cryptical

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

1. Journal by Royal Society of Antiquaries of Ireland (1899)
"Perhaps by the application of the cryptical theory important side-lights have ... These statements have been deduced from papers in which the- cryptical ..."

2. Logic by Immanuel Kant (1819)
"Formal and cryptical Syllogisms of Reason. A syllogism of reason in due form ... The cryptical syllogisms are opposed to the formal ones. ..."

3. Life and Manners: From The Autobiography of an English Opium-eater by Thomas De Quincey (1851)
"I forget whether, in the Bishop of Chester's account of this cryptical language, the consonant intercalated be G or not. Evidently any consonant will answer ..."

4. An Introduction to the Elements of Science by St. George Jackson Mivart (1894)
"[The parts in black type are relics of two hidden or cryptical syllogisms.] Thus written out at length the ..."

5. Autobiographic Sketches by Thomas De Quincey (1853)
"recorded and accurately .described amongst many other modes of cryptical ... I forget whether in the Bishop of Chester's account of this cryptical language ..."

6. De Quincey's Writings by Thomas De Quincey (1853)
"recorded and accurately described amongst many other modes of cryptical ... I forget whether in the Bishop of Chester's account of this cryptical language ..."

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