secret

Roget-categorie 533

4. Words relating to the intellectual faculties
› 4.9. Modes of communication
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#533. Secret

zelfstandig naamwoord

secret — dead secret, profound secret — arcanum^†, mystery — latency etc. 526 — Asian mystery^† — sealed book, secrets of the prison house — le desous des cartes [Fr.].
enigma, riddle, puzzle, nut to crack, conundrum, charade, rebus, logogriph^† — monogram, anagram — Sphinx — crux criticorum [Lat.].
maze, labyrinth, Hyrcynian wood — intricacy, meander.
problem etc. (question) 461 — paradox etc. (difficulty) 704 — unintelligibility etc. 519 — terra incognita etc. (ignorance) 491.

bijvoeglijk naamwoord

secret etc. (concealed) 528 — involved &c., 248 — labyrinthine, labyrinthian^†, mazy.
confidential — top secret.

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