enigmatic

enigmatic

See also: enigmàtic

English

Alternative forms

• ænigmatic (archaic)
• ænigmatick (obsolete)
• enigmatick (obsolete)

Etymology

From Latin aenigmaticus and French énigmatique, from Ancient Greek αἰνιγματικός (ainigmatikós); equivalent to enigma +‎ -tic.

Pronunciation

• (US) IPA^(key): /ˌɛnɪɡˈmætɪk/

• Audio (Southern England)

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Adjective

enigmatic (comparative more enigmatic, superlative most 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:

     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.

Synonyms

• (mysterious): See also Thesaurus:mysterious
• (defying description): See also Thesaurus:incomprehensible

Translations

pertaining to an enigma

Asturian: enigmáticu Basque: enigmatiko Belarusian: зага́дкавы (zahádkavy), таямні́чы (tajamníčy) Bulgarian: зага́дъчен (bg) (zagádǎčen) Catalan: enigmàtic (ca) Czech: záhadný (cs), tajemný (cs) Finnish: arvoituksellinen (fi) French: énigmatique (fr) Galician: enigmático (gl) m German: rätselhaft (de) Greek: αινιγματικός (el) (ainigmatikós) Italian: enigmatico (it) Japanese: 謎めいた (なぞめいた, nazomeita) Latin: aenigmaticus Lithuanian: mįslingas Occitan: enigmatic (oc) Polish: zagadkowy (pl), enigmatyczny (pl) Portuguese: enigmático (pt) Romanian: enigmatic (ro) Russian: зага́дочный (ru) (zagádočnyj) Serbo-Croatian: Roman: enigmàtičan Slovak: záhadný, tajomný Spanish: enigmático (es) Swedish: enigmatisk (sv) Turkish: muğlak (tr) Ukrainian: загадко́вий (zahadkóvyj), таємни́чий (tajemnýčyj) Welsh: enigmatig, enigmataidd

mysterious

Asturian: enigmáticu Azerbaijani: müəmmalı (az), əsrarəngiz, əsrarlı Basque: enigmatiko Bulgarian: мистерио́зен (bg) (misteriózen) Catalan: enigmàtic (ca) Dutch: raadselachtig (nl) Finnish: mystinen (fi) French: énigmatique (fr) Galician: enigmático (gl) German: mysteriös (de) m or n, mysteriöse (de) f Greek: αινιγματικός (el) (ainigmatikós) Italian: enigmatico (it) Japanese: 神秘的な (しんぴてきな, shinpiteki na) Latin: aenigmaticus Lithuanian: mįslingas Occitan: enigmatic (oc) Polish: zagadkowy (pl) Portuguese: enigmático (pt) Romanian: enigmatic (ro) Russian: зага́дочный (ru) (zagádočnyj) Serbo-Croatian: Roman: enigmàtičan, zȁgonētan (sh), tajànstven (sh) Spanish: enigmático (es)

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Romanian

Etymology

Borrowed from French énigmatique. Equivalent to enigmă +‎ -atic.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [eniɡˈmatik]

Adjective

enigmatic m or n (feminine singular enigmatică, masculine plural enigmatici, feminine and neuter plural enigmatice)

1. enigmatic

Declension

Declension of enigmatic

		singular			plural
		masculine	neuter	feminine	masculine	neuter	feminine
nominative/ accusative	indefinite	enigmatic		enigmatică	enigmatici	enigmatice
	definite	enigmaticul		enigmatica	enigmaticii	enigmaticele
genitive/ dative	indefinite	enigmatic		enigmatice	enigmatici	enigmatice
	definite	enigmaticului		enigmaticei	enigmaticilor	enigmaticelor

Synonyms

• misterios