cryptical

adj 1: of an obscure nature; "the new insurance policy is written

without cryptic or mysterious terms"; "a deep dark

secret"; "the inscrutible 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" [syn: {cryptic}, {deep},

{inscrutable}, {mysterious}, {mystifying}]

2: having a secret or hidden meaning; "cabalistic symbols

engraved in stone"; "cryptic writings"; "thoroughly

sibylline in most of his pronouncements"- John Gunther

[syn: {cabalistic}, {cryptic}, {sibylline}]