Adjective: enigmatic ,e-nig'ma-tik
- Having an unobvious or mysterious meaning; hard to understand
"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";
- enigmatical, puzzling
- Resembling an oracle in obscurity of thought
"so enigmatic that priests might have to clarify it"; "an enigmatic smile";
- oracular
See also: ambiguous, incomprehensible, uncomprehensible
Encyclopedia: Enigmatic