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Definition of Enigma

Enigma

A dark, obscure, or inexplicable saying; a riddle; a statement, the hidden meaning of which is to be discovered or guessed.

An action, mode of action, or thing, which cannot be satisfactorily explained; a puzzle; as, his conduct is an enigma.

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Enigma Quotations

Russia is a riddle wrapped in a mystery inside an enigma.
Winston Churchill

But now I have come to believe that the whole world is an enigma, a harmless enigma that is made terrible by our own mad attempt to interpret it as though it had an underlying truth.
Umberto Eco

I'm a walking, talking enigma.
Larry David

We shall never resolve the enigma of the relation between the negative foundations of greatness and that greatness itself.
Jean Baudrillard

Without the spiritual world the material world is a disheartening enigma.
Joseph Joubert

There's a lot of people who don't understand the circle crops in England. Pure enigma.
Ken Kesey

I'm tired of being this solemn poet of the masses, the enigma shrouded in a mystery.
Michael Stipe

I have come to believe that the whole world is an enigma, a harmless enigma that is made terrible by our own mad attempt to interpret it as though it had an underlying truth.
Umberto Eco

I have always knocked at the door of that wonderful and terrible enigma which is life.
Eugenio Montale

He makes me laugh, Mick! He tended to turn up when we were having lunch and entertain us all. He bought an Enigma machine! I've never worked with a producer who was more famous than everyone put together.
Saffron Burrows

It was one of those great miracles of history that they managed to smuggle an Enigma machines out to Britain just before they were invaded by the Nazis.
Michael Apted

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Enigma Translations

enigma in Dutch is puzzel, raadsel
enigma in Finnish is arvoitus
enigma in Spanish is enigma

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