enigma
Meaning of enigma
noun
- a person or thing that is mysterious or difficult to understand.
Madeleine was still an enigma to him
mid 16th century: via Latin from Greek ainigma, from ainissesthai ‘speak allusively’, from ainos ‘fable’.
Information about enigma
- It is a name.
- The plural form of enigma is: enigmas.
- Languages in which enigma is used:
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enigma
- It consists of 1 syllables and 6 chars.
- enigma is a word monosyllabic because it has one syllable
enigma synonyms
Meaning mystery:
Meaning riddle:
Meaning a person or thing that is difficult to understand or explain; an enigma:
Meaning a seemingly absurd or contradictory statement or proposition which when investigated may prove to be well founded or true:
Meaning a matter or situation regarded as unwelcome or harmful and needing to be dealt with and overcome:
Meaning a sentence worded or expressed so as to elicit information:
Meaning a state of perplexity or uncertainty over what to do in a difficult situation:
Meaning a person who poses; a poseur:
Meaning a person who makes fun of or provokes others in a playful or unkind way:
Meaning a puzzling question:
Translation of enigma
- Spanish: misterio, acertijo, enigma, adivinanza, interrogante
- French: mystère, énigme, devinette
- German: Rätsel
- Portuguese: charada
- Italian: sciarada, enigma, rompicapo, rebus
Anagrams of enigma
Amigen, gamine, Gemina, igname, imagen, maeing
Words that rhyme with enigma
aenigma, arthrosterigma, sterigma, Pleurosigma, Sigma, sigma, Physostigma, Pleurostigma, chalcostigma, hypostigma, physostigma, pseudostigma, pterostigma, stigma
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