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語源

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

発音

• (米国発音) IPA: /ˌɛnɪɡˈmætɪk/

形容詞

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:

     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.

同意語

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

派生語