Enigmatical

2 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  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; not clear to the
     understanding; obscure; puzzling; as, an enigmatical answer;
     I didn't grasp the meaning of that enigmatical comment until


     much later; prophetic texts so enigmatical that their meaning
     has been disputed for centuries.
  
     Syn: dark, obscure, puzzling.
          [1913 Webster + WordNet 1.5]

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  enigmatical
       adj : 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: {enigmatic}, {puzzling}]