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Meaning of ENIGMATIC

Pronunciation:  `enig'matik

WordNet Dictionary
 
 Definition: 
  1. [adj]  resembling an oracle in obscurity of thought; "the oracular sayings of Victorian poets"; "so enigmatic that priests might have to clarify it"; "an enigmatic smile"
  2. [adj]  not clear to the understanding; "I didn't grasp the meaning of that enigmatic comment until much later"; "prophetic texts so enigmatic that their meaning has been disputed for centuries"
 
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 Synonyms: ambiguous, enigmatical, incomprehensible, oracular, puzzling, uncomprehensible
 

 

 

Webster's 1913 Dictionary
 
 Definition: 
\E`nig*mat"ic\ (?; 277), Enigmatical
 
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