enigmatic
Pronunciation
  • (America) IPA: /ˌɛnɪɡˈmætɪk/
Adjective

enigmatic

  1. Pertaining to an enigma.
  2. Mysterious.
    • 1910, Emerson Hough, chapter I, in The Purchase Price: Or The Cause of Compromise, Indianapolis, Ind.: The Bobbs-Merrill Company, OCLC 639762314 ↗, page 0045 ↗:
      Serene, smiling, enigmatic, she faced him with no fear whatever showing in her dark eyes. The clear light of the bright autumn morning had no terrors for youth and health like hers.
  3. Defying description.
  4. (variant) Enigmatical.
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