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2 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Enigmatic \E`nig*mat"ic\ (?; 277), Enigmatical \E`nig*mat"ic*al\, a. [Cf. F. ['e]nigmatique.] Relating to or resembling an enigma; not easily explained or accounted for darkly expressed; obscure; puzzling; as an enigmatical answer. From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: enigmatic adj 1: not clear to the understanding; "I didn't grasp the meaning of that enigmatic comment until much later"; "prophetic texts so enigmatic that their meaning has been disputed for centuries" [syn: {enigmatical}, {puzzling}] 2: resembling an oracle in obscurity of thought; "the oracular sayings of Victorian poets"; "so obscure that priests might have to clarify it"; "an enigmatic smile" [syn: {oracular}]
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