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From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Mysterious \Mys*te"ri*ous\, a. [F. myst[`e]rieux. See 1st
{Mystery}.]
Of or pertaining to mystery; containing a mystery; difficult
or impossible to understand; obscure not revealed or
explained; enigmatical; incomprehensible.
God at last To Satan, first in sin, his doom applied,
Thought in mysterious terms. --Milton.
Syn: Obscure; secret; occult; dark; mystic; cabalistic;
enigmatical; unintelligible; incomprehensible.
From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]:
mysterious
adj 1: of an obscure nature; "the new insurance policy is written
without cryptic or mysterious terms"; "a deep dark
secret"; "the inscrutible workings of Providence"; "in
its mysterious past it encompasses all the dim origins
of life"- Rachel Carson; "rituals totally mystifying
to visitors from other lands" [syn: {cryptic}, {cryptical},
{deep}, {inscrutable}, {mystifying}]
2: having an import not apparent to the senses nor obvious to
the intelligence; beyond ordinary understanding;
"mysterious symbols"; "the mystical style of Blake";
"occult lore"; "the secret learning of the ancients" [syn:
{mystic}, {mystical}, {occult}, {secret}]
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