cryptograph

[krip-tuh-graf, -grahf]

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noun

cryptogram(def 1).
a system of secret writing; cipher.
a device for translating clear text into cipher.

Origin of cryptograph

First recorded in 1635–45; crypto- + -graph

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Related Words for cryptograph

cipher, cryptograph, conceal

Examples from the Web for cryptograph

Historical Examples of cryptograph

It is a cryptograph, but a simple one, familiar to school children.
Nooks and Corners of Old New York
Charles Hemstreet
Natural history is not a cryptograph to be deciphered, it is a series of facts and incidents to be observed and recorded.
Ways of Nature
John Burroughs
Pray, Matthew, do you see any one sign repeated oftener than the others in this cryptograph?
Curiosities of Olden Times
S. Baring-Gould
It would involve a discussion of chemical symbols and formul which would make the printed page a cryptograph.
The Strand Magazine, Volume XVII, February 1899, No. 98.
Various
In the present instance we see it doubled no less than five times, although the cryptograph is brief.
The Short-story
William Patterson Atkinson

British Dictionary definitions for cryptograph

cryptograph

noun

something written in code or cipher
a code using secret symbols (cryptograms)
a device for translating text into cipher, or vice versa

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