Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun A piece of writing in code or cipher.
- noun A figure or representation having a secret or occult significance.
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun A message or writing in secret characters or otherwise occult; a cryptograph.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun A cipher writing. Same as
cryptograph .
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun games A type of word puzzle in which text encoded by a simple
cipher is to bedecoded .
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun a piece of writing in code or cipher
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Examples
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The slave hunters in fact belonged to the dregs of society, and we shall not be far wrong in assuming that the man with the cryptogram was a fitting comrade for his fellow “capitaes do mato.”
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This isn't what you'd call a cryptogram; not much.
The Banner Boy Scouts on a Tour, or, The Mystery of Rattlesnake Mountain George A. Warren
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They also come across a cryptogram, which is rather difficult to solve, but which eventually they manage to decypher, and which leads them to the treasure hoarded by the pirate, who by that time has met his end.
Across the Spanish Main A Tale of the Sea in the Days of Queen Bess Harry Collingwood 1886
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The slave hunters in fact belonged to the dregs of society, and we shall not be far wrong in assuming that the man with the cryptogram was a fitting comrade for his fellow _ "capitaes do mato."
Eight Hundred Leagues on the Amazon Jules Verne 1866
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We believe that the cryptogram is the best technology available today for ensuring the integrity of
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But then that cipher business -- I was fully convinced by now that it was some original kind of cryptogram -- rather pointed the other way.
The Lost Valley James Morgan Walsh 1924
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“This is what is called a cryptogram, or cipher,” he said, “in which letters are purposely thrown in confusion, which if properly arranged would reveal their sense.
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"This is what is called a cryptogram, or cipher," he said, "in which letters are purposely thrown in confusion, which if properly arranged would reveal their sense.
A Journey to the Interior of the Earth Jules Verne 1866
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"The 'cryptogram' was probably written by one of the leaders of the gang, who, no doubt, supplied copies to the other members to use instead of blank paper for secret communications.
John Thorndyke's Cases related by Christopher Jervis and edited by R. Austin Freeman 1902
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The Chinese cryptogram for crisis has the meanings of both "danger" and "opportunity."
Anne Naylor: Keeping an Open Mind in the Current Crisis Anne Naylor 2010
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