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ลองค้นหาคำในรูปแบบอื่น ๆ เพื่อให้ได้ผลลัพธ์มากขึ้นหรือน้อยลง: -engima-, *engima*
Possible hiragana form: えんぎま
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English-Thai: NECTEC's Lexitron-2 Dictionary [with local updates]
enigma(n) คนหรือสิ่งที่เป็นปริศนา, See also: คนลึกลับ, คนที่เป็นปริศนา, Syn. mystery, puzzler

Thai-English: NECTEC's Lexitron-2 Dictionary [with local updates]
อาถรรพ์(n) mystery, See also: enigma, Syn. อาถรรพณ์, อาถรรพณะ, Example: การพบสุสานของฟาโรห์ตุตังคาเมนกลายเป็นเรื่องฮิตติดอันดับโลก และอาถรรพ์ของคำสาปนี้เป็นเรื่องแปลกพิลึก, Thai Definition: อำนาจลึกลับที่เชื่อกันว่าอาจบันดาลให้มีอันเป็นไป
ความลี้ลับ(n) mystery, See also: enigma, Syn. ความเร้นลับ, ความลึกลับ, Example: ป่าดงดิบนี้มีสัตว์ร้ายนานาชนิดไข้ป่าที่ชุกชุมรวมทั้งอาถรรพ์ความลี้ลับจากผีป่าผีไม้วิญญาณภูติผีต่างๆ

CMU English Pronouncing Dictionary Dictionary [with local updates]
enigma

Oxford Advanced Learners Dictionary (pronunciation guide only)
enigma

The Collaborative International Dictionary of English (GCIDE) v.0.53
enigma

n.; pl. enigmas [ L. aenigma, Gr. a'i`nigma, fr. a'ini`ssesqai to speak darkly, fr. a'i^nos tale, fable. ] 1. A dark, obscure, or inexplicable saying; a riddle; a statement, the hidden meaning of which is to be discovered or guessed. [ 1913 Webster ]

A custom was among the ancients of proposing an enigma at festivals. Pope. [ 1913 Webster ]

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

Enigmatical

{ } a. [ Cf. F. énigmatique. ] Relating to or resembling an enigma; not easily explained or accounted for; darkly expressed; not clear to the understanding; obscure; puzzling; as, an enigmatical answer; I didn't grasp the meaning of that enigmatical comment until much later; prophetic texts so enigmatical that their meaning has been disputed for centuries.
Syn. -- dark, obscure, puzzling. [ 1913 Webster + WordNet 1.5 ]

Variants: Enigmatic
Enigmatically

adv. Darkly; obscurely. [ 1913 Webster ]

Enigmatist

n. [ Gr. &unr_;. ] One who makes, or talks in, enigmas. Addison. [ 1913 Webster ]

Enigmatize

v. i. [ imp. & p. p. Enigmatized p. pr. & vb. n. Enigmatizing ] To make, or talk in, enigmas; to deal in riddles.

Enigmatology

{ } n. [ Gr. &unr_;, &unr_;, an enigma + -graphy, -logy. ] The art of making or of solving enigmas. [ 1913 Webster ]

Variants: Enigmatography

WordNet (3.0)
enigma canon(n) a canon in which the entrances of successive parts were indicated by cryptic symbols and devices (popular in the 15th and 16th centuries), Syn. enigmatic canon, enigmatical canon, riddle canon
enigmatic(adj) not clear to the understanding, Syn. puzzling, enigmatical, Example: I didn't grasp the meaning of that enigmatic comment until much later; prophetic texts so enigmatic that their meaning has been disputed for centuries
enigmatic(adj) resembling an oracle in obscurity of thought, Syn. oracular, Example: the oracular sayings of Victorian poets; so enigmatic that priests might have to clarify it; an enigmatic smile

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