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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.
: something hard to understand or explain. 2. : an inscrutable or mysterious person. 3. : an obscure speech or writing. Did you know? Enigma comes from a Greek word that means "to speak in riddles." It applies to things, as well as to people, that puzzle one's mind.
If you describe something or someone as an enigma, you mean they are mysterious or difficult to understand.
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 ...
ENIGMA meaning: someone or something that is difficult to understand or explain.
ENIGMA meaning: 1. something that is mysterious and seems impossible to understand completely: 2. something that…. Learn more.
Use the noun enigma to refer to something that is a puzzle or a mystery. Why do you have to learn difficult words like this? That is an enigma.
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)]
ENIGMA definition: someone or something that is mysterious and difficult to understand: . Learn more.
a person, thing or situation that is mysterious and difficult to understand synonym mystery, puzzle. Even after years he still remains an enigma to me. Extra Examples. Word Origin. Want to learn more?
