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cryptic

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Cryptic means the meaning is in there, hidden, and you were not given the key. It comes from the Greek for hidden — the same word inside crypt, the room under a church where things are kept out of sight — and that origin sets the rule for using it. A cryptic message is not one that says nothing. It is one that says something, on purpose, in a form you have to work at: a single symbol, four words, a smile with no explanation attached. If it were meaningless it would simply be nonsense. Cryptic means there is a door, and the door is shut.

Cryptic es que el sentido está dentro, escondido, y no te dieron la llave. Viene del griego «oculto», la misma palabra de crypt, la sala bajo la iglesia. Un mensaje cryptic no está vacío: dice algo, a propósito, en una forma que hay que trabajar.

Cryptic é o sentido estar ali dentro, escondido, e você não ter recebido a chave. Vem do grego "oculto", a mesma palavra de crypt, a sala embaixo da igreja. Uma mensagem cryptic não é vazia: ela diz algo, de propósito, numa forma que dá trabalho.

Cryptic, c'est que le sens est là, caché, et qu'on ne vous a pas donné la clé. Le mot vient du grec « caché », celui de crypt, la salle sous l'église. Un message cryptic ne dit pas rien : il dit quelque chose, exprès, sous une forme qu'il faut travailler.

Cryptic berarti maknanya ada di dalam, tersembunyi, dan kuncinya tidak diberikan kepada Anda. Asalnya dari bahasa Yunani "tersembunyi", kata yang sama dengan crypt, ruang di bawah gereja. Pesan cryptic bukan pesan kosong: ia mengatakan sesuatu, sengaja, dalam bentuk yang harus digarap.

Cryptic, anlamın içeride, saklı olması ve anahtarın size verilmemesidir. Yunancada "gizli" demek olan kelimeden gelir; kilisenin altındaki oda, crypt, aynı köktendir. Cryptic bir mesaj boş değildir: bir şey söyler, hem de bilerek, uğraşmanız gereken bir biçimde.

cryptic とは、意味はちゃんと中にあるのに隠されていて、鍵を渡されていない、ということです。ギリシャ語の「隠された」から来ていて、教会の地下室 crypt も同じ語。cryptic な文は「何も言っていない」のではなく、わざと、解かないと読めない形で何かを言っています。

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    adjective

    having a hidden meaning; hard to work out

    The cryptic message contained only a single symbol.

  2. 02

    adjective

    of a person or a reply: deliberately giving little away

    He was cryptic about where the money had come from.

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