cryptogramn.

Brit.

/ˈkrɪptəɡram/, U.S.

/ˈkrɪptəˌɡræm/

Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: crypto- comb. form, -gram comb. form.

Etymology: < crypto- comb. form + -gram comb. form, after cryptography n. Compare later cryptograph n.

A piece of cryptographic writing; anything written in code or cipher.In quot. 1827 in extended use with reference to illegible handwriting.

ΘΚΠ

society > communication > writing > handwriting or style of > [noun] > bad handwriting > untidy or illegible

scribbling1536

scribble-scrabble1602

scrawling1612

scrawl1710

scrawls1728

hieroglyphic1742

scoteinography1779

scratch1785

pot-hookery1795

hen scrat1825

cryptogram1827

scribble1828

griffonage1832

hen-scratching1851

chicken scratches1863

hieroglyph1875

society > communication > writing > written text > [noun] > a writing in cipher

cryptograph1839

cryptogram1859

the mind > mental capacity > knowledge > secrecy, concealment > code, cipher > [noun] > instance of

cryptograph1839

cryptogram1859

steganogram1904

1827 Christian Observer Apr. 219 I have met with men..who, however they might edify mankind by other means, sadly perplex all about them with their unnatural cryptograms.

1859 Constit. Press Sept. 451 The art of cypher-writing is as little understood by statesmen as the art of writing English... A good mathematical cryptogram would defy a regiment of Wilsons.

1880 Times 28 Dec. 10/1 In every case of deciphering—whether it be of a Cypriote inscription or a cryptogram in the agony column.

1888 I. Donnelly (title) The great cryptogram: Bacon's cipher in Shakespeare's plays.

1925 G. K. Chesterton Everlasting Man i. v. 114 There are too many keys to mythology, as there are too many cryptograms in Shakespeare.

1976 N.Y. Times Mag. 16 May 67 A cryptanalyst would need centuries to reconstruct the cryptogram and use the reconstruction to read the next message.

1993 D. Brin Glory Season (1994) 55 As little girls they had experimented with codes, cryptograms, and private jargon.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2011; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	cryptogram
释义	cryptogramn. Brit. /ˈkrɪptəɡram/, U.S. /ˈkrɪptəˌɡræm/ Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: crypto- comb. form, -gram comb. form. Etymology: < crypto- comb. form + -gram comb. form, after cryptography n. Compare later cryptograph n. A piece of cryptographic writing; anything written in code or cipher.In quot. 1827 in extended use with reference to illegible handwriting. ΘΚΠ society > communication > writing > handwriting or style of > [noun] > bad handwriting > untidy or illegible scribbling1536 scribble-scrabble1602 scrawling1612 scrawl1710 scrawls1728 hieroglyphic1742 scoteinography1779 scratch1785 pot-hookery1795 hen scrat1825 cryptogram1827 scribble1828 griffonage1832 hen-scratching1851 chicken scratches1863 hieroglyph1875 society > communication > writing > written text > [noun] > a writing in cipher cryptograph1839 cryptogram1859 the mind > mental capacity > knowledge > secrecy, concealment > code, cipher > [noun] > instance of cryptograph1839 cryptogram1859 steganogram1904 1827 Christian Observer Apr. 219 I have met with men..who, however they might edify mankind by other means, sadly perplex all about them with their unnatural cryptograms. 1859 Constit. Press Sept. 451 The art of cypher-writing is as little understood by statesmen as the art of writing English... A good mathematical cryptogram would defy a regiment of Wilsons. 1880 Times 28 Dec. 10/1 In every case of deciphering—whether it be of a Cypriote inscription or a cryptogram in the agony column. 1888 I. Donnelly (title) The great cryptogram: Bacon's cipher in Shakespeare's plays. 1925 G. K. Chesterton Everlasting Man i. v. 114 There are too many keys to mythology, as there are too many cryptograms in Shakespeare. 1976 N.Y. Times Mag. 16 May 67 A cryptanalyst would need centuries to reconstruct the cryptogram and use the reconstruction to read the next message. 1993 D. Brin Glory Season (1994) 55 As little girls they had experimented with codes, cryptograms, and private jargon. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2011; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1827
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