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cryptogram

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cryp·to·gram  (krpt-grm)
n.
1. A piece of writing in code or cipher. Also called cryptograph.
2. A figure or representation having a secret or occult significance.
crypto·grammic adj.
cryptogram
a message or writing in code or cipher. Also cryptograph. — cryptogrammic, adj.
See also: Code
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Noun1.cryptogramcryptogram - a piece of writing in code or cipher
secret writing, cryptograph
piece of writing, written material, writing - the work of a writer; anything expressed in letters of the alphabet (especially when considered from the point of view of style and effect); "the writing in her novels is excellent"; "that editorial was a fine piece of writing"
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Give me problems, give me work, give me the most abstruse cryptogram or the most intricate analysis, and I am in my own proper atmosphere.
Sign of the Four by Doyle, Sir Arthur Conan View in context
As to the cipher systems supposed to reveal hidden messages in the plays: First, no poet bending his energies to the composition of such masterpieces as Shakspere's could possibly concern himself at the same time with weaving into them a complicated and trifling cryptogram.
A History of English Literature by Fletcher, Robert Huntington View in context
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