crypton.2
/ˈkrɪptəʊ/, U.S. /ˈkrɪpˌtoʊ/ colloquial.
A person who secretly belongs to or supports a particular political group; esp. a crypto-communist. Also in extended use.
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society > authority > rule or government > politics > party politics > [noun] > attachment to party > one attached to party > one who conceals attachment
crypto1946
1946 T. Driberg in Reynolds News 10 Mar. 2/2 Labour MPs of various shades of opinion—not by any means only the Communist ‘fellow-travellers’ or so-called ‘crypto's’.
1947 W. S. Churchill in Hansard Commons 5th Ser. CDXXXVII. 456 Pacifists or ‘cryptos’, or that breed of degenerate intellectuals.
1949 ‘C. Hare’ When Wind Blows 147 Is there any chance of our being able to find a crypto?.. I mean, another man like Ventry, who can really play the thing but doesn't let on that he can.
1980 Economist 15 Mar. 58/2 Only a crypto or a lunatic would want to lay secret services open..to complete public inspection.
2005 Boston Globe (Nexis) 19 June d12 If you can't work a genuine Nazi into your script, neos, cryptos, and skinheads will do.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2011; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
crypton.3
/ˈkrɪptəʊ/, U.S. /ˈkrɪpˌtoʊ/ A cryptocurrency. Also as a mass noun: cryptocurrencies, considered collectively. See cryptocurrency n. 2. Recorded earliest in crypto exchange: see Compounds.
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society > trade and finance > money > medium of exchange or currency > [noun] > types of currency
soft currency1837
fiat-money1880
token coinage1881
token-money1889
token currency1893
monopoly money1895
hard currency1940
soft currency1940
reserve currency1950
petrocurrency1974
cryptocurrency1991
commodity dollar1998
2012 bitcointalk.org 4 Feb. (forum post, accessed 1 Apr. 2022) Someone is prototyping a P2P [= peer-to-peer] crypto exchange, with no fees. Interesting concept.
2012 www.reddit.com/r/Bitcoin 28 Oct. (forum post, accessed 1 Apr. 2022) Will ASIC and reward-halving push BTC miners and their old rigs to Litecoin or other alternative cryptos?
2021 FT.com (Nexis) 5 Sept. Regulators in Europe and the US have issued stark warnings about the dangers of trading crypto. But in the developing world, there are signs that crypto is quietly building deeper roots.
Compounds
General use as a modifier, as in crypto exchange, crypto market, crypto wallet, etc.
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2012 bitcointalk.org 4 Feb. (forum post, accessed 1 Apr. 2022) Someone is prototyping a P2P [= peer-to-peer] crypto exchange, with no fees. Interesting concept.
2015 Financial Services Monitor Worldwide (Nexis) 30 Nov. A multi-assets crypto wallet application allowing investing, trading, and transacting of digital assets over blockchain.
2019 National Post's Financial Post & FP Investing (Canada) 28 Sept. fp4/1 A string of issues and a lack of catalysts to drive prices higher this week weighed on the crypto market.
2022 Gleaner (Kingston, Jamaica) 28 Jan. (Financial section) 4/3 Crypto hawks are quick to seize on the huge market value to sell the benefits of crypto trading to investors.
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cryptoadj.n.1
/ˈkrɪptəʊ/, U.S. /ˈkrɪpˌtoʊ/ Mechanics.† B. n.1
A. adj.
= crypto-dynamic adj. 2. Now rare.
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1885 Inst. Mech. Engineers Proc. 488 A converse arrangement of two-speed gear, known as the crypto-dynamic or ‘crypto’ gear which is quiescent at the higher speed and in motion at the lower.
1912 T. H. Russell Automobile Motors & Mechanism xv. 210 The epicyclic or ‘crypto’ type of gear has come very largely into use for automobile transmission purposes.
1918 E. S. Farrow Dict. Mil. Terms 408 It..is geared and driven on a plan similar to the crypto gear.
1963 A. Bird & F. Hutton-Stott Veteran Motor Car Pocketbk. 39 Some models fitted with third speed by ‘crypto’ epicyclic gear.
= crypto-dynamic n. Obsolete.
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society > travel > means of travel > a conveyance > vehicle > vehicle propelled by feet > [noun] > cycle > parts and equipment of cycles > gears
crypto-dynamic1883
crypto1886
tricoaster1908
derailleur gear1930
1886 Cyclists' Touring Club Gaz. IV. 139 The ‘slight friction’ incident to the use of the ‘Crypto’ at speed.
1887 Viscount Bury & G. L. Hillier Cycling (Badminton Libr. of Sports & Pastimes) xiii. 396 The epicyclic train adopted in the Crypto is made up of three components, all working round a common centre.
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