enigma
part of speech
noun (enigma, enigmas)
meaning for a pupil
An enigma is a puzzle or a mystery that is hard to understand. tree →
sense in the lessons
a riddle or mystery that nobody can solve, often in a tale or a prophecy
examples
- The Pythagorean philosophy is the greatest enigma of all philosophical systems of antiquity. (Mordell, The Origin of Letters and Numerals according to Sefer Yetzirah (1914)) tree →
- What this happiness is, is an enigma to me. tree →
- The strange message was an enigma to all of us. tree →
note
nothing for maths
Trees and pragmatics
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