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Definition of Enigmatical
1. Adjective. Not clear to the understanding. "Prophetic texts so enigmatic that their meaning has been disputed for centuries"
Similar to: Incomprehensible, Uncomprehensible
Derivative terms: Enigma, Enigma
Definition of Enigmatical
1. Adjective. Pertaining to an enigma. ¹
2. Adjective. Alternate of enigmatic. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Enigmatical
1. [adj]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Enigmatical
Literary usage of Enigmatical
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Diary of the American Revolution: From Newspapers and Original Documents by Frank Moore (1860)
"Most prophecies are delivered in enigmatical terms, which time only can develop.
... And does it require much skill in enigmatical learning to see through ..."
2. Manners and Customs of the Ancient Egyptians, by Sir John Gardner Wilkinson (1841)
"Plutarch* and Clemens t are satisfied with the enigmatical intention of these
compound animals; the former saying that Sphinxes were " placed before the ..."
3. The Antiquary by Edward Walford, John Charles Cox, George Latimer Apperson (1888)
"It is enigmatical of the author's troubles and subsequent comfortable ...
The enigmatical language of the title seems to imply that fortune " at length ..."
4. The New Year's Gift and Juvenile Souvenir by Priscilla Maden Watts (1836)
"THE enigmatical GARDEN. BY MISS WOOD. ONCE upon time,—that time was the evening
of a summer's day,—a large party of little people set out to visit " the ..."
5. A Critical and Exegetical Commentary on the Book of Proverbs by Crawford Howell Toy (1899)
"... an allegory (Ez. ly2), an enigmatical saying (Ez. 2i5), a byword (Jer. 24" Dt.
28"), a taunting speech (Isa. 14* Hab. 2s), a lament (Mie. ..."
6. The Ancient Lowly: A History of the Ancient Working People from the Earliest by Cyrenus Osborne Ward (1900)
"... Onesimus—The Union's Rules Against Quarrelling—Their Own Inscriptions Found—The
enigmatical Door of Jesus—No Quarrel of Paul With Immediate Companions ..."