Crossword clues for enigmas
enigmas
The Collaborative International Dictionary
enigma \e*nig"ma\ ([-e]*n[i^]g"m[.a]), n.; pl. enigmas ([-e]*n[i^]g"m[.a]z). [L. aenigma, Gr. a'i`nigma, fr. a'ini`ssesqai to speak darkly, fr. a'i^nos tale, fable.]
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A dark, obscure, or inexplicable saying; a riddle; a statement, the hidden meaning of which is to be discovered or guessed.
A custom was among the ancients of proposing an enigma at festivals.
--Pope. An action, mode of action, or thing, which cannot be satisfactorily explained; a puzzle; as, his conduct is an enigma.
Wiktionary
Usage examples of "enigmas".
Bonaparte, who had cultivated a deep interest in the enigmas of the pyramids, brought with him a large number of scholars, 175 in all, including several ‘greybeards’ gathered from various universities who were reputed to have acquired ‘a profound knowledge of Egyptian antiquities’, and, more usefully, a group of mathematicians, cartographers and surveyors.
Four-rotor Enigmas were restricted to U-boats and Sainte-Assise: correct?
But even if she managed it, they would still need several hours to themselves on a Type-X machine - and not one of the Type-Xs in Hut 8, either, because naval Enigmas were wired differently from Army ones.
He wanted to be as prepared as possible for any and all hostile conditions, including omnivorous organisms and other enigmas to be solved or avoided, they might encounter on Pern’s surface.
Then the other evening in the periscope I decided that the most terrible enigmas are those that mask themselves as madness.
I wouldn’t have been able to understand the enigmas of the message if I hadn’t had some guiding idea.
They were at the edge of the known Dominions, where all maps stopped and the enigma of enigmas began.
It was just one of the many enigmas this journey showed her: like the pool that clung to one of the walls, filled to brimming with luminous fish.
The house was by now a trove of treasures—all gifts to the Maestro from Tick Raw's excursionists—and there was no end to the drunken fooling these artifacts, many of them total enigmas, inspired.