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Enigma

David Jennings · December 12, 2006 · Leave a Comment

from answers.com

n.

  1. One that is puzzling, ambiguous, or inexplicable.
  2. A perplexing speech or text; a riddle.

[Latin aenigma, from Greek ainigma, from ainissesthai, ainig-, to speak in riddles, from ainos, fable.]

noun

    Anything that arouses curiosity or perplexes because it is unexplained, inexplicable, or secret: conundrum, mystery, perplexity, puzzle, puzzler, riddle. Seeshow/hide.

IN BRIEF: Something that is puzzling.

pronunciation No power of genius has ever yet had the smallest success in explaining existence. The perfect enigma remains. — Ralph Waldo Emerson (1803-1882).

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