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Vaihtoehtoiset kirjoitusmuodot

Ääntäminen

  • ÄäntäminenSouthern England
  • Tuntematon aksentti:
    • IPA: /ˈkɹɪptɪk/
KieliKäännökset
bulgariaтаен (taen), загадъчен, шифрован
espanjacríptico
esperantokripta
italiacriptico, crittografato, ermetico
kreikkaκρυπτικός (kryptikós)
puolaniejasny
ranskamystérieux, énigmatique
ruotsikryptisk, förborgad, dold, dunkel
saksakryptisch, geheimnisvoll
suomiarvoituksellinen, salaperäinen, kryptinen, suojavärillä suojautuva

Määritelmät

Adjektiivi

  1. Having hidden (unapparent) meaning.
  2. Mystified or of an obscure nature; not easy to perceive.
  3. Involving use of a code or cipher.
  4. (crosswording) Of a crossword puzzle, or a clue in such a puzzle, using, in addition to definitions, wordplay such as anagrams, homophones and hidden words to indicate solutions.
  5. (zoology) Well camouflaged; having good camouflage.
  6. (zoology) Serving as camouflage.
  7. (biology, not comparable) Apparently identical, but actually genetically distinct.
  8. (zoology) Living in a cavity or small cave.

Substantiivi

  1. (informal) A cryptic crossword puzzle.

Esimerkit

  • Her [nature's] more cryptic ways of working.
  • Lonomia caterpillars are extremely cryptic.
  • He settled down to the cryptic in the Independent. He loved his crossword. It kept him mentally active, just as gossip did his wife.
  • This writer has been solving cryptics for 40 years and can usually crack Araucaria, though it might take a couple of days.

Taivutusmuodot

Monikkocryptics
Komparatiivimore cryptic
Superlatiivimost cryptic