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cilly

The English word “cilly” has 1 meaning listed here.

noun

  1. Any predictable facet of the Enigma Machine cipher due to operator error or laziness.

Etymology

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

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