1. (adj) cryptic, cryptical, deep, inscrutable, mysterious, mystifying
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"
2. (adj) cabalistic, kabbalistic, qabalistic, cryptic, cryptical, sibylline
having a secret or hidden meaning
"cabalistic symbols engraved in stone"; "cryptic writings"; "thoroughly sibylline in most of his pronouncements"- John Gunther
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