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- Dictionarye·nig·ma/iˈniɡmə/
noun
- 1. a person or thing that is mysterious, puzzling, or difficult to understand: "Madeleine was still an enigma to him"
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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.
ENIGMA definition: 1. something that is mysterious and seems impossible to understand completely: 2. something that…. Learn more.
When a situation or problem is called an enigma, it’s one that’s confusing or difficult to understand, like a riddle. When a person is called an enigma, it usually means that they’re hard to know. Human history is quite an enigma. We know so little, and much of what we think we know seems to be highly questionable.
If you describe something or someone as an enigma, you mean they are mysterious or difficult to understand.
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.
Enigma Definition. ĭ-nĭgmə. enigmas, enigmata. Meanings. Synonyms. Sentences. Definition Source. Word Forms. Origin. Noun. Pronoun. Filter. noun. enigmas. One that is puzzling, ambiguous, or inexplicable. American Heritage. Similar definitions. A perplexing, usually ambiguous, statement; riddle. Webster's New World. Similar definitions.
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)]
