enigman.

/ɪˈnɪɡmə/

Forms: 1500s–1800s ænigma, 1600s æ-, enigm(e, ( anigma, inigma), 1500s– enigma. plural enigmas; also 1500s–1600s ænigmata, enigmata.

Etymology: < Latin aenigma, Greek αἴνιγμα (plural αἰνίγματα), < αἰνίσσεσθαι to speak allusively or obscurely, < αἶνος apologue, fable. The adapted forms æ-, enigm(e in 17th cent. may be due to the French énigme.

1. (a) A short composition in prose or verse, in which something is described by intentionally obscure metaphors, in order to afford an exercise for the ingenuity of the reader or hearer in guessing what is meant; a riddle. †(b) In wider sense: An obscure or allusive speech; a parable. Obsolete (except as transferred from sense 1a).

ΘΚΠ

the mind > mental capacity > knowledge > secrecy, concealment > a profound secret, mystery > puzzle, enigma, riddle > [noun]

riddleOE

purposec1350

problema1382

propositiona1382

conclusion1393

divinailc1430

opposal?a1439

riddling?c1475

wordc1480

why1532

dark, hard sentence1535

enigma1539

remblere1599

puzzlement1646

gripha1652

puzzler1651

riddlemy riddlemy1652

puzzle1655

crux1718

teaser1759

puzzleation1767

conundrum1790

poser1793

riddle-me-ree1805

stumper1807

tickler1825

sticker1849

brain-teaser1850

grueller1856

question mark1870

brain-twister1878

skull-buster1926

mind-bender1968

1539 R. Taverner tr. Erasmus Prouerbes sig. G.v^v He pronounced also many Enygmata or Symboles.

1598 W. Shakespeare Love's Labour's Lost iii. i. 69 Some enigma, some riddle, come, thy Lenuoy begin.

1603 P. Holland tr. Plutarch Morals 1354 Hidden under darke ænigmes and covert speeches.

1644–52 J. Smith Select Disc. (1821) vi. iii. 201 Those ænigmata of Joseph's sun, moon, stars, and sheaves.

1681 H. More Plain Expos. Daniel vi. 159 Delivering the matter without any Prophetick Ænigm or Parable.

1684 S. E. Answer Remarks upon Dr. H. More 249 Symbols, Parables, or Enigmes.

1715 A. Pope Corr. 16 Dec. (1956) I. 323 It was one of the Enigma's of Pythagoras, ‘When the Winds rise, worship the Eccho’..When popular Tumults begin, retire to Solitudes.

a1780 J. Harris Philol. Inq. (1781) ii. x. 193 Nor ought a metaphor to be farfetched, for then it becomes an enigma.

1797 A. Radcliffe Italian III. iii. 101 You speak in enigmas, father.

1809–10 S. T. Coleridge Friend (1865) 158 In a complex enigma the greatest ingenuity is not always shown by him who first gives the complete solution.

1849 W. Fitzgerald tr. W. Whitaker Disputation Holy Script. 186 Ænigmas which Œdipus himself could never solve.

2. figurative. Something as puzzling as an enigma; an unsolved problem.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > mental capacity > knowledge > secrecy, concealment > a profound secret, mystery > puzzle, enigma, riddle > [noun] > especially difficult

nut1540

problem1543

enigma1609

three-pipe problem1891

Chinese puzzle1895

monkey-puzzle1902

1609 Euerie Woman in her Humor sig. C2^v All which to me are problematique mines, Obscurde enigmaes.

a1626 W. Rowley Birth of Merlin (1662) sig. G3 I will erect a Monument..a dark Enigma to the memory.

a1667 Bp. J. Taylor Serm. (1678) 340 A person both God and Man, an ænigma to all Nations, and to all Sciences.

1795 E. Burke Let. Dr. Hussey (1844) IV. 325 As to Spain, it certainly has been, and long will be, an enigma.

1836 C. Thirlwall Hist. Greece II. xiv. 200 If the fleet..could be supposed to solve this enigma.

1874 F. W. Farrar Silence & Voices of God ii. 33 Separated from the thought of God, the conscience becomes an idle enigma.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1891; most recently modified version published online December 2020).

单词	enigma
释义	enigman. /ɪˈnɪɡmə/ Forms: 1500s–1800s ænigma, 1600s æ-, enigm(e, ( anigma, inigma), 1500s– enigma. plural enigmas; also 1500s–1600s ænigmata, enigmata. Etymology: < Latin aenigma, Greek αἴνιγμα (plural αἰνίγματα), < αἰνίσσεσθαι to speak allusively or obscurely, < αἶνος apologue, fable. The adapted forms æ-, enigm(e in 17th cent. may be due to the French énigme. 1. (a) A short composition in prose or verse, in which something is described by intentionally obscure metaphors, in order to afford an exercise for the ingenuity of the reader or hearer in guessing what is meant; a riddle. †(b) In wider sense: An obscure or allusive speech; a parable. Obsolete (except as transferred from sense 1a). ΘΚΠ the mind > mental capacity > knowledge > secrecy, concealment > a profound secret, mystery > puzzle, enigma, riddle > [noun] riddleOE purposec1350 problema1382 propositiona1382 conclusion1393 divinailc1430 opposal?a1439 riddling?c1475 wordc1480 why1532 dark, hard sentence1535 enigma1539 remblere1599 puzzlement1646 gripha1652 puzzler1651 riddlemy riddlemy1652 puzzle1655 crux1718 teaser1759 puzzleation1767 conundrum1790 poser1793 riddle-me-ree1805 stumper1807 tickler1825 sticker1849 brain-teaser1850 grueller1856 question mark1870 brain-twister1878 skull-buster1926 mind-bender1968 1539 R. Taverner tr. Erasmus Prouerbes sig. G.v^v He pronounced also many Enygmata or Symboles. 1598 W. Shakespeare Love's Labour's Lost iii. i. 69 Some enigma, some riddle, come, thy Lenuoy begin. View more context for this quotation 1603 P. Holland tr. Plutarch Morals 1354 Hidden under darke ænigmes and covert speeches. 1644–52 J. Smith Select Disc. (1821) vi. iii. 201 Those ænigmata of Joseph's sun, moon, stars, and sheaves. 1681 H. More Plain Expos. Daniel vi. 159 Delivering the matter without any Prophetick Ænigm or Parable. 1684 S. E. Answer Remarks upon Dr. H. More 249 Symbols, Parables, or Enigmes. 1715 A. Pope Corr. 16 Dec. (1956) I. 323 It was one of the Enigma's of Pythagoras, ‘When the Winds rise, worship the Eccho’..When popular Tumults begin, retire to Solitudes. a1780 J. Harris Philol. Inq. (1781) ii. x. 193 Nor ought a metaphor to be farfetched, for then it becomes an enigma. 1797 A. Radcliffe Italian III. iii. 101 You speak in enigmas, father. 1809–10 S. T. Coleridge Friend (1865) 158 In a complex enigma the greatest ingenuity is not always shown by him who first gives the complete solution. 1849 W. Fitzgerald tr. W. Whitaker Disputation Holy Script. 186 Ænigmas which Œdipus himself could never solve. 2. figurative. Something as puzzling as an enigma; an unsolved problem. ΘΚΠ the mind > mental capacity > knowledge > secrecy, concealment > a profound secret, mystery > puzzle, enigma, riddle > [noun] > especially difficult nut1540 problem1543 enigma1609 three-pipe problem1891 Chinese puzzle1895 monkey-puzzle1902 1609 Euerie Woman in her Humor sig. C2^v All which to me are problematique mines, Obscurde enigmaes. a1626 W. Rowley Birth of Merlin (1662) sig. G3 I will erect a Monument..a dark Enigma to the memory. a1667 Bp. J. Taylor Serm. (1678) 340 A person both God and Man, an ænigma to all Nations, and to all Sciences. 1795 E. Burke Let. Dr. Hussey (1844) IV. 325 As to Spain, it certainly has been, and long will be, an enigma. 1836 C. Thirlwall Hist. Greece II. xiv. 200 If the fleet..could be supposed to solve this enigma. 1874 F. W. Farrar Silence & Voices of God ii. 33 Separated from the thought of God, the conscience becomes an idle enigma. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1891; most recently modified version published online December 2020). < n.1539
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