Cryptical

adj

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Definitions

Adjective
  1. 1
    cryptic

    "Many times the moon hears strange music as it shines on those courts and terraces and pinnacles, but whether that music be the song of the god or the chant of the cryptical priests, none but the King of Ilek-Vad may say; for only he has entered the temple or seen the priests."

Adjective
  1. 1
    having a secret or hidden meaning wordnet
  2. 2
    of an obscure nature wordnet

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cabalisticcrypticdeepinscrutableinscrutablekabbalistic

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"Many times the moon hears strange music as it shines on those courts and terraces and pinnacles, but whether that music be the song of the god or the chant of the cryptical priests, none but the King of Ilek-Vad may say; for only he has entered the temple or seen the priests."

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