mystique
noun /mɪˈstiːk/
/mɪˈstiːk/
[uncountable, singular]- the quality of being mysterious or secret that makes somebody/something seem interesting or attractive
- The mystique surrounding the monarchy has gone for ever.
- There is a certain mystique about the tiger.
Word Originlate 19th cent.: from French, from Old French, or via Latin from Greek mustikos, from mustēs ‘initiated person’ from muein ‘close the eyes or lips’, also ‘initiate’.