[1875–80; crypto- + -gram1]This word is first recorded in the period 1875–80. Other words that entered Englishat around the same time include: authoritarian, cross-fertilization, fan-tan, musical chairs, weekender-gram is a combining form occurring in loanwords from Greek, where it meant “somethingwritten,” “drawing” (epigram; diagram). On this model, -gram is used in the formation of compound words (oscillogram)
Examples of 'cryptogram' in a sentence
cryptogram
A cryptogram is something written in code: you need to decipher it.