cryptical

cryp·tic  (krptk) also cryp·ti·cal (-t-kl)

adj.

1. Having hidden meaning; mystifying. See Synonyms at ambiguous.

2. Secret or occult.

3. Using code or cipher.

4. Biology Tending to conceal or camouflage: cryptic coloring.

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[Late Latin crypticus, from Greek kruptikos, from kruptos, hidden, from kruptein, to hide.]

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crypti·cal·ly adv.

cryptic·ness n.

Thesaurus

Adj.	1.	cryptical - 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" cryptic, inscrutable, mysterious, mystifying, deep incomprehensible, inexplicable - incapable of being explained or accounted for; "inexplicable errors"; "left the house at three in the morning for inexplicable reasons"
	2.	cryptical - having a secret or hidden meaning; "cabalistic symbols engraved in stone"; "cryptic writings"; "thoroughly sibylline in most of his pronouncements"- John Gunther cabalistic, kabbalistic, qabalistic, sibylline, cryptic esoteric - confined to and understandable by only an enlightened inner circle; "a compilation of esoteric philosophical theories"