adj
Meaning 1
Secret or covert.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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Standard Lemma guide
crypto
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Pronunciation
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Received-Pronunciation: /ˈkɹɪptəʊ/
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General-American: /ˈkɹɪptoʊ/
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CMU ARPABET: K R IH1 P T OW0 Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
noun
Meaning 2
Clipping of cryptocurrency
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: abbreviation, alt-of, clipping, countable, informal, uncountable
Topics: business, cryptocurrencies, cryptocurrency, finance
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noun
Meaning 3
Clipping of cryptography
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: abbreviation, alt-of, clipping, informal, uncountable
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noun
Meaning 4
A secret supporter or follower.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
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noun
Meaning 5
Clipping of cryptococcus
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: abbreviation, alt-of, clipping, countable, informal, uncountable
Topics: medicine, sciences
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noun
Meaning 6
Clipping of cryptococcosis
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: abbreviation, alt-of, clipping, countable, informal, uncountable
Topics: medicine, sciences
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noun
Meaning 7
Clipping of cryptosporidium
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: abbreviation, alt-of, clipping, countable, informal, uncountable
Topics: medicine, sciences
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noun
Meaning 8
Clipping of cryptosporidiosis
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: abbreviation, alt-of, clipping, countable, informal, uncountable
Topics: medicine, pathology, sciences
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History
Etymology
All senses trace back to clippings of words derived from the prefix crypto-, developed at various times in the 20th and 21st centuries. During the 2010s and 2020s, the "cryptocurrency" sense has become the dominant sense. The "cryptography" sense predates that one; thus, a computer or math geek in earlier decades would be referring to cryptography when using this word. The "secret supporter or follower" sense is clipped from such terms as cryptofascist and cryptocommunist. The several informal senses in medicine referring to several microbe genera or the diseases they cause have existed since circa the mid-20th century.