cryptogram

[ krip-tuh-gram ]

noun

1. a message or writing in code or cipher; cryptograph.
2. an occult symbol or representation.

Other Words From

• crypto·grammic cryp·to·gram·mat·ic [krip-t, uh, -gr, uh, -, mat, -ik], crypto·gram·mati·cal adjective
• crypto·gramma·tist noun

Word History and Origins

Origin of cryptogram¹

First recorded in 1875–80; crypto- + -gram ¹

Example Sentences

Then, with the cryptogram before you, you divide the figures into series of four, each four figures representing a letter.

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The XVIth canto goes on with the much discussed and much too emphasized cryptogram of the ox and the hare.

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He took the copy of the cryptogram from my writing-table and again examined it.

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What induced you to believe that the cryptogram had any reference to the new submarine.

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"Now as for the cryptogram which tempted you so sorely," went on the Baron smoothly.

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