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enigmatic

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en⋅ig⋅mat⋅ic

  [en-ig-mat-ik, ee-nig-]
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–adjective
resembling an enigma; perplexing; mysterious.
Also, en⋅ig⋅mat⋅i⋅cal.

Origin:
1620–30; < LL aenigmaticus < Gk ainigmatikós, equiv. to ainigmat- (s. of aínigma) enigma + -ikos -ic

Related forms:
en⋅ig⋅mat⋅i⋅cal⋅ly, adverb

Synonyms:
puzzling, baffling, cryptic. See ambiguous.
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en·ig·mat·ic   (ěn'ĭg-māt'ĭk)   
adj.  Of or resembling an enigma; puzzling: a professor's enigmatic grading system. See Synonyms at ambiguous.

[Greek ainigmatikos, from ainigma, ainigmat-, riddle; see enigma.]
en'ig·mat'i·cal·ly adv.
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