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Cryptonym
Cryp′to-nym
(kr?p′t?-n?m)
,
Noun.
[Gr. [GREEK][GREEK][GREEK][GREEK] secret + [GREEK][GREEK][GREEK][GREEK] name.]
A secret name; a name by which a person is known only to the initiated.
Definition
2024
cryptonym
cryptonym
English
Noun
cryptonym
(
plural
cryptonyms
)
A
secret
name
, a
code name
.
The spy was known only by his
cryptonym
, 'shadow'.
Etymology
crypto-
+
-onym
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