

noun Something puzzling, mysterious or inexplicable.įrom WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University.noun An action, mode of action, or thing, which cannot be satisfactorily explained a puzzle.įrom Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.noun A dark, obscure, or inexplicable saying a riddle a statement, the hidden meaning of which is to be discovered or guessed.noun Anything inexplicable to an observer, such as the means by which something is effected, the motive for a course of conduct, the cause of a phenomenon, etc.: as, how it was done is an enigma his conduct is to me an enigma.įrom the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.noun A dark saying or representation, in which some known thing is concealed under obscure words or forms a question, saying, figure, or design containing a hidden meaning which is proposed for discovery a riddle.noun A perplexing speech or text a riddle.noun One that is puzzling, ambiguous, or inexplicable.From The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
