Cryptic \Cryp"tic\ (kr[i^]p"t[i^]k), Cryptical \Cryp"tic*al\ (-t?-kal), a. [L. crypticus, Gr. kryptiko`s, fr. kry`ptein to hide.]

Hidden; secret; occult. ``Her [nature's] more cryptic ways of working.'' --Glanvill.

Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)