enigma.
Something or someone puzzling, mysterious or inexplicable.
Meaning & usage
Something or someone puzzling, mysterious or inexplicable.
A riddle, or a difficult problem.
Riddles and puzzles, collectively.
Mysteriousness; obscurity; a lack of clarity.
A style of literature characterized by obscurity and hints of transcendental meaning.
Alternative letter-case form of Enigma.
A protein with three LIM domains (a conserved cysteine- and histidine-rich structure of two adjacent zinc fingers) at the C terminus that regulates protein phosphorylation.
The Talaud kingfisher, Todiramphus enigma.
Any member of the species Oedaleonotus enigma of grasshoppers.
Any member of the species Heliothis enigma of rare moths.
Where this word comes from
From Latin aenigma (“riddle”), being derived itself from the Ancient Greek verbal noun αἴνιγμα (aínigma, “dark saying, speaking in riddles”).
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