Ee: Enigmatic

adj.

Of or resembling an enigma; puzzling: a professor's enigmatic grading system. See Synonyms at ambiguous.

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[Greek ainigmatikos, from ainigma, ainigmat-, riddle; see enigma.]

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enig·mati·cal·ly adv.

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Liza Merkalova was a thin brunette, with an Oriental, languid type of face, and--as everyone used to say--exquisite enigmatic eyes.Anna Karenina by Tolstoy, Leo