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- Dictionaryenigma/ɪˈnɪɡmə/
noun
- 1. a person or thing that is mysterious or difficult to understand: "Madeleine was still an enigma to him"
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ENIGMA definition: 1. something that is mysterious and seems impossible to understand completely: 2. something that…. Learn more.
The meaning of ENIGMA is something hard to understand or explain. How to use enigma in a sentence. Did you know? Are you an enigma? Synonym Discussion of Enigma.
a person of puzzling or contradictory character: To me he has always been an enigma, one minute completely insensitive, the next moved to tears. a saying, question, picture, etc., containing a hidden meaning; riddle.
Definitions of enigma. noun. something that baffles understanding and cannot be explained. synonyms: closed book, mystery, secret. see more. see less. type of: perplexity. trouble or confusion resulting from complexity.
ENIGMA meaning: 1. something that is mysterious and seems impossible to understand completely: 2. something that…. Learn more.
1. a puzzling or inexplicable occurrence or situation. 2. a person of puzzling or contradictory character. 3. a saying, picture, etc., containing a hidden meaning; riddle. [1530–40; < Latin aenigma < Greek aínigma < ainik- (s. of ainíssesthai to speak in riddles, derivative of aînos fable)]
A perplexing, baffling, or seemingly inexplicable matter, person, etc. Webster's New World. Synonyms: puzzler. mystery. sphinx. brain-teaser. conundrum. riddle. closed-book. secret. puzzle. perplexity. rebus. puzzling. problem. inexplicable.
Definition of enigma noun in Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary. Meaning, pronunciation, picture, example sentences, grammar, usage notes, synonyms and more.
ENIGMA meaning: someone or something that is difficult to understand or explain.
ENIGMA definition: someone or something that is mysterious and difficult to understand: . Learn more.
