cilly

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. Any predictable facet of the Enigma Machine cipher due to operator error or laziness, whose existence helped the Allies to break the code.

Word forms

cilly cillies

Etymology

Uncertain; possibly a pun on silly and the letters CIL used as a cryptographic key.

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