ENIGMA


Meaning of ENIGMA in English

n.1 a puzzling thing or person.

2 a riddle or paradox.

Derivatives:

enigmatic adj. enigmatical adj. enigmatically adv. enigmatize v.tr. (also -ise).

Etymology: L aenigma f. Gk ainigma -matos f. ainissomai speak allusively f. ainos fable

Oxford English vocab.      Оксфордский английский словарь.