Значение

значений: 1
  1. (исчисляемое, неисчисляемое)A secret supporter or follower.

Примеры

предложений: 12
  1. I don't mess with crypto anymore.

    Я с криптой больше не связываюсь.

  2. Tom likes to tout the importance of crypto.

  3. He told his parents to invest in crypto when he was 10 years old.

  4. Tom is a crypto-fascist.

  5. It's a misnomer to refer to non-crypto-currency as "fiat," since cryptocurrency is also fiat.

Происхождение

All senses trace back to clippings of words derived from the prefix crypto-, developed at

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.

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Формы

мн. число: cryptos
Ед. числоcrypto
Мн. числоcryptos

правильный

Однокоренные

связанных слов: 5

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соседние слова
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