English edit

Etymology edit

cipher +‎ -like

Adjective edit

cipherlike (comparative more cipherlike, superlative most cipherlike)

  1. Resembling or characteristic of a cipher.
    • 2007 December 9, Maud Casey, “Escape From New York, Nev.”, in New York Times[1]:
      This is the only mention of swastikas, and it's as if Nersesian is making up the rules as he goes along — all too possible with a cipherlike narrator whose memory is shot.