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Webster's 1828 Dictionary

ENIGMAT'IC
ENIGMAT'ICAL, a. Relating to or containing a riddle; obscure; darkly expressed; ambiguous.
1. Obscurely conceived or apprehended.

WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005)

adj
1: 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" [syn: enigmatic, enigmatical, puzzling]
2: 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" [syn: enigmatic, oracular]

Merriam Webster's

also enigmatical adjective Date: 1609 of, relating to, or resembling an enigma ; mysterious Synonyms: see obscure • enigmatically adverb

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

Enigmatic E`nig*mat"ic (?; 277), Enigmatical E`nig*mat"ic*al, a. [Cf. F. ['e]nigmatique.] Relating to or resembling an enigma; not easily explained or accounted for; darkly expressed; obscure; puzzling; as, an enigmatical answer.

Collin's Cobuild Dictionary

Someone or something that is enigmatic is mysterious and difficult to understand. Haley studied her, an enigmatic smile on his face... She starred in one of Welles's most enigmatic films. ADJ • enigmatically 'Corbiere didn't deserve this,' she said enigmatically. ADV: ADV after v, ADV -ed/adj

Soule's Dictionary of English Synonyms

a.; (also enigmatical) Obscure, mysterious, mystic, mystical, dark, occult, recondite, ambiguous, hidden, unintelligible, incomprehensible, puzzling, perplexing.

Moby Thesaurus

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