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Adjective: enigmatic  `e-nig'ma-tik
  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"
    - enigmatical, puzzling
     
  2. Resembling an oracle in obscurity of thought
    "so enigmatic that priests might have to clarify it"; "an enigmatic smile"
    - oracular

See also: ambiguous, enigma, enigmatically, incomprehensible, uncomprehensible

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