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synonym: secret.

Roget 533: 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.    ... show more

Dutch: geheim