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plaintext


plain·text

noun \ˈplān-ˌtekst\

Definition of PLAINTEXT

: the intelligible form of an encrypted text or of its elements — compare ciphertext

First Known Use of PLAINTEXT

1918

Rhymes with PLAINTEXT

context, deflexed, inflexed, perplexed, pretext, reflexed, subtext, urtext

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