cryptadia

English

Noun

cryptadia pl (plural only)

1. (very rare) Things to be kept secret.
   • 1886 July 31, Notes and Queries, page 87:

     A list of the formulae, if not trenching upon the domain of cryptadia, might be desirable.

   • 1951, NADA: The Southern Rhodesia Native Affairs Department Annual:

     When long ago I penetrated the cryptadia of the Mashona concerning totemism, I did in fact find old traditions which supported the theory that totemism follows and implements the rules of the kinship system; but first it should be stated that some legends were certainly antithetical to this view.