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Definition of Enigmatic

1. Adjective. Not clear to the understanding. "Prophetic texts so enigmatic that their meaning has been disputed for centuries"

2. Adjective. Resembling an oracle in obscurity of thought. "An enigmatic smile"

Definition of Enigmatic

1. a. Relating to or resembling an enigma; not easily explained or accounted for; darkly expressed; obscure; puzzling; as, an enigmatical answer.

Definition of Enigmatic

1. Adjective. Pertaining to an enigma. ¹

2. Adjective. Mysterious. ¹

3. Adjective. Defying description. ¹

4. Adjective. (variant) Enigmatical. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Enigmatic

1. [adj]

Lexicographical Neighbors of Enigmatic

enhorts enhunger enhungered enhungering enhungers enhydros enhydrous enhypostasia enhypostasis eniac

eniacs enigma enigma canon enigmas enigmata enigmatic (current term) enigmatic canon enigmatical enigmatical canon enigmatically

enigmatick enigmatist enigmatists enigmatize enigmatized enigmatizes enigmatizing enigmatography enigmatology enilconazole

Literary usage of Enigmatic

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. History of Herodotus: A New English Version by Herodotus, George Rawlinson, Henry Creswicke Rawlinson, John Gardner Wilkinson (1862)
"The enigmatic. 11. Symbolic also put with phonetic hieroglyphics. 12. ... Of the third or enigmatic an example may be given in their representing the 2. ..."

2. Contributions to the Science of Mythology by Friedrich Max Müller (1897)
"enigmatic Phase of Mythology. But to revert once more to the subject of riddles, the suggestion which I should like to repeat is, whether the obscurity of ..."

3. The Confederation of Europe: A Study of the European Alliance, 1813-1823, as by Walter Alison Phillips (1914)
"... REVOLUTION AND REACTION The Treaty of Frankfort—Alexander and Liberalism—The Constitution of Poland—enigmatic attitude of Alexander—Russian propaganda ..."

4. Philological Inquiries: In Three Parts by James Harris (1781)
"... and moft excellent, 'what—not turgid—nor enigmatic—nor bafe—nor ridiculous ... enigmatic ..."

5. The Christian Remembrancer by William Scott (1845)
"... we must them the praise of being the first of their generation to Hence it was that he found relief and comfort in the strange and enigmatic language of ..."

6. History of Herodotus: A New English Version by Herodotus, George Rawlinson, Henry Creswicke Rawlinson, John Gardner Wilkinson (1880)
"The enigmatic. 11. Symbolic also put with phonetic hieroglyphics. 12. Determinatives after the word, or name of an object. 13. Initial letters for the whole ..."

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