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mysterious, a.|mɪˈstɪərɪəs|
[f. L. mystērium mystery1 + ous. Cf. F. mystérieux.]
1. Full of or fraught with mystery; wrapt in mystery; hidden from human knowledge or understanding; impossible or difficult to explain, solve, or discover; of obscure origin, nature, or purpose.
1622Massinger & Dekker Virgin Martyr iv. i. H 2 b, Turne ore all the volumes Of your mysterious æsculapian science. 1632Milton Penseroso 147 Som strange mysterious dream. 1653Walton Compl. Angler 163 And as their breeding, so are their decayes also very mysterious. 1738Gray Tasso 56 Euphrates' font, and Nile's mysterious head. 1770Lett. Junius xxxvi. 171 Your conduct has been mysterious as well as contemptible. 1849Macaulay Hist. Eng. vi. II. 153 Patrick and Jane had been seen going in at that mysterious door which led to Chiffinch's apartments. 1853E. K. Kane Grinnell Exped. i. (1856) 13 It is a mysterious sea, that has baffled for centuries the research of navigators. 1893Sat. Rev. 29 July 130 Certain of the chief inhabitants of the village..are discussing at the inn the mysterious death of the Squire.
b. Of words, language.
1616Bullokar Eng. Expos., Mysterious, darke spoken in a mystery, hard to vnderstand. 1667Milton P.L. x. 173 God at last To Satan first in sin his doom apply'd Though in mysterious terms. 1791Mrs. Radcliffe Rom. Forest ii, The sound of his steps..seemed like the mysterious accents of the dead. 1797― Italian xvii, A few mysterious words having been exchanged. 1816Shelley Mont Blanc 76 The wilderness has a mysterious tongue Which teaches awful doubt.
c. Of God, religion, rites.
1624Gataker Transubst. 94 The..Mysterie, or mysterious rite, as the word there vsed properly importeth. 1667Milton P.L. iv. 750 Haile wedded Love, mysterious Law. 1773Cowper Olney Hymns iii. xv, God moves in a mysterious way His wonders to perform. 1857P. Freeman Princ. Div. Serv. II. 14 In almost all cases in which a mysterious truth is propounded by Almighty God for our acceptance. 1881P. Brooks Candle of the Lord xviii. 311 To the Christian, God is mysterious because He is radiant with infinite truth.
2. Of persons:
†a. Dealing with or versed in mysteries; using occult arts. Obs.
b. Whose movements are full of mystery; delighting in mystery.
1620J. Melton Astrologaster Ded. to E. Melton, The Misterious Egyptians..would excellently with their Pensils in liuely cullors..the ful shape & portraiture of a Hart, a Lyon, Lamb, or Hare. 1634Milton Comus 130 Mysterious Dame That ne're art call'd, but when the Dragon woom Of Stygian darknes spets her thickest gloom. 1789E. Darwin Bot. Gard. II. 24 You taught mysterious Bacon to explore Metallic veins. 1842Lytton Zanoni i. v, Accompanying this mysterious Zanoni. 1874W. Black Pr. Thule ii, Sheila..is romantic and mysterious, and believes in..dreams.
3. a. That is due to a mystery. rare.
1667Milton P.L. viii. 599 Though higher of the genial Bed by far, And with mysterious reverence I deem.
b. Having a sense of mystery. rare.
1897Kipling Capt. Cour. i. 5 It makes me feel mysterious to pass that butler's pantry place.
4. Comb.: mysterious-spoken a., having a mysterious manner of speaking.
1837Dickens Pickw. xxii, An important-looking, sharp-nosed, mysterious-spoken personage. |