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    enigma
    /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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  2. dictionary.cambridge.org › dictionary › englishENIGMA | English meaning - Cambridge Dictionary

    ENIGMA definition: 1. something that is mysterious and seems impossible to understand completely: 2. something that…. Learn more.

  3. www.merriam-webster.com › dictionary › enigmaEnigma Definition & Meaning - Merriam-Webster

    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.

  4. www.collinsdictionary.com › dictionary › englishENIGMA definition and meaning | Collins English Dictionary

    If you describe something or someone as an enigma, you mean they are mysterious or difficult to understand.

  5. www.dictionary.com › browse › enigmaENIGMA Definition & Meaning | Dictionary.com

    An enigma is someone or something that’s puzzling, mysterious, or difficult to make sense of. The word enigma can also mean a riddle, but it’s more often used to refer to something that’s so perplexing that it seems like a riddle (and perhaps was intended to seem like one), as in That book is an enigma—I have no idea what it’s really ...

  6. dictionary.cambridge.org › us › dictionaryENIGMA | definition in the Cambridge English Dictionary

    ENIGMA meaning: 1. something that is mysterious and seems impossible to understand completely: 2. something that…. Learn more.

  7. www.vocabulary.com › dictionary › enigmaEnigma - Definition, Meaning & Synonyms | Vocabulary.com

    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.

  8. dictionary.cambridge.org › dictionary › learner-englishENIGMA | meaning - Cambridge Learner's Dictionary

    ENIGMA definition: someone or something that is mysterious and difficult to understand: . Learn more.

  9. www.thefreedictionary.com › enigmaEnigma - definition of enigma by The Free Dictionary

    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)]

  10. www.oxfordlearnersdictionaries.com › definition › englishenigma noun - Definition, pictures, pronunciation and usage notes...

    Definition of enigma noun in Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary. Meaning, pronunciation, picture, example sentences, grammar, usage notes, synonyms and more.

  11. www.ldoceonline.com › dictionary › enigmaenigma | meaning of enigma in Longman Dictionary of Contemporary...

    enigma. From Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English e‧nig‧ma /ɪˈnɪɡmə/ noun [ countable] someone or something that is strange and difficult to understand SYN mystery The neighbours regarded him as something of an enigma.