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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.
If you describe something or someone as an enigma, you mean they are mysterious or difficult to understand. There have been whole books written about him, and still he remains an enigma.
What does enigma mean? An enigma is someone or something that’s puzzling, mysterious, or difficult to make sense of.
ENIGMA meaning: 1. something that is mysterious and seems impossible to understand completely: 2. something that…. Learn more.
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 definition: someone or something that is mysterious and difficult to understand: . Learn more.
Definition of enigma noun in Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary. Meaning, pronunciation, picture, example sentences, grammar, usage notes, synonyms and 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.
