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   enigmatic

   /ɛnɪɡˈmatɪk/

   adjective

   • 1. difficult to interpret or understand; mysterious: "he took the money with an enigmatic smile"

   Word Origin early 17th century: from French énigmatique or late Latin aenigmaticus, based on Greek ainigma ‘riddle’ (see enigma).

   Derivatives

   • 1. enigmatical adjective
   • 2. enigmatically adverb

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   Enigmatic means mysterious and impossible to understand completely. Learn how to use this adjective with synonyms, related words and phrases, and examples from the Cambridge English Corpus.

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   What is the difference between Enigma and enigmatic?

   • An enigma is a puzzle, a riddle, a mystery. The adjective enigmatic describes what is hard to solve or figure out. An enigmatic person is someone who is a bit mysterious to others. Behind an enigmatic smile are thoughts impossible to guess.

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   • Get a quick, free translation! ENIGMATIC meaning: 1. mysterious and impossible to understand completely: 2. mysterious and impossible to understand…. Learn more.

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   What is the difference between obscure and enigmatic?

   • obscure implies a hiding or veiling of meaning through some inadequacy of expression or withholding of full knowledge. dark implies an imperfect or clouded revelation often with ominous or sinister suggestion. vague implies a lack of clear formulation due to inadequate conception or consideration. enigmatic stresses a puzzling, mystifying quality.

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   What is the difference between enigmatic and ambiguous?

   • enigmatic stresses a puzzling, mystifying quality. cryptic implies a purposely concealed meaning. ambiguous applies to language capable of more than one interpretation. equivocal applies to language left open to differing interpretations with the intention of deceiving or evading.

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   Enigmatic means mysterious and impossible to understand completely. Learn more about this word, its synonyms, and how to use it in sentences with examples from various sources.

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   Enigmatic definition: resembling an enigma, or a puzzling occurrence, situation, statement, person, etc.; perplexing; mysterious. See examples of ENIGMATIC used in a sentence.

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   Enigmatic means mysterious and difficult to understand. Learn how to use this adjective in sentences, find synonyms and related words, and explore its origin and usage in different languages.

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   Something that's enigmatic is obscure, unclear and not an easy nut to crack. Translating the Rosetta Stone, with its ancient Egyptian hieroglyphs and mysterious foreign writings, was certainly an enigmatic challenge for the archaeologists that found it.

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