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Adjective: enigmatic  ,e-nig'ma-tik
  1. Having an unobvious or mysterious meaning; hard to understand
    "prophetic texts so enigmatic that their meaning has been disputed for centuries"; "I didn't grasp the meaning of that enigmatic comment until much later";
    - 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, incomprehensible, uncomprehensible

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