Synonyms for enigma
| Grammar : Noun |
| Spell : uh-nig-muh |
| Phonetic Transcription : əˈnɪg mə |
Top 10 synonyms for enigma Other synonyms for the word enigma
Définition of enigma
Origin :- 1580s, earlier enigmate (mid-15c.), from Latin aenigma "riddle," from Greek ainigma (plural ainigmata), from ainissesthai "speak obscurely, speak in riddles," from ainos "fable, riddle," of unknown origin.
- noun mystery
- "Troilus and Cressida" has always been regarded as a sort of enigma.
- Extract from : « The Man Shakespeare » by Frank Harris
- As for Jane Temple's view of this business, that remained an enigma.
- Extract from : « Quaint Courtships » by Various
- Whether he will buy his fleet abroad or build it himself is at present an enigma.
- Extract from : « Freeland » by Theodor Hertzka
- By the dignity of my profession, it must be so:—Now there's a solution to the enigma.
- Extract from : « The Politician Out-Witted » by Samuel Low
- The Queen then condescended to explain the whole of the enigma to me.
- Extract from : « Memoirs Of The Court Of Marie Antoinette, Queen Of France, Complete » by Madame Campan
- For he seems, as it were, to have composed an enigma for the purpose of making an experiment.
- Extract from : « Apology, Crito, and Phaedo of Socrates » by Plato
- I told you the truth when I said that the cipher letter was an enigma to me.
- Extract from : « The Crevice » by William John Burns and Isabel Ostrander
- Watching a coast as it slips by the ship is like thinking about an enigma.
- Extract from : « Heart of Darkness » by Joseph Conrad
- The enigma is only made clear by sacrifice, and the gift of heaven is in the hands of every man.
- Extract from : « Tales of Unrest » by Joseph Conrad
- That was the enigma, one which would have been exciting, if the solution had not been so prompt and so tame.
- Extract from : « The Paliser case » by Edgar Saltus
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