elliptic
el.lip.tic \i-'lip-tik, e-\ \-ti-k*l\ \-ti-k(*-)le-\ aj [Gk elleiptikos defective, marked by ellipsis, fr. elleipein] 1a: of, relating to, or shaped like an ellipse 1b: of, relating to, or being a space in which no line parallel to a given line passes through a point not on the line 2a: of, relating to, or marked by ellipsis or an ellipsis 2b1: of, relating to, of marked by extreme economy of speech or writing 2b2: of or relating to studied obscurity of literary style - el.lip.ti.cal aj