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# enigma

noun (enigma, enigmas)

«enigma» in the English dictionary: everyday and in Jewish tradition — its meanings, how the lessons use it, and examples, each with its tree on Mova.

## Everyday

An enigma is a puzzle or a mystery that is hard to understand. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/E/enigma/#m1)

### In the lessons

a riddle or mystery that nobody can solve, often in a tale or a prophecy

### Examples

- What this happiness is, is an enigma to me. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/E/enigma/#x1)
- The strange message was an enigma to all of us. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/E/enigma/#x2)

### Note

nothing for maths

## In Jewish tradition

a riddle or mystery that nobody can solve, often in a tale or a prophecy

### Examples

- The Pythagorean philosophy is the greatest enigma of all philosophical systems of antiquity. (Mordell, The Origin of Letters and Numerals according to Sefer Yetzirah (1914)) [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/E/enigma/#x1)

### Note

nothing for maths

## On Mova

- [Trees and pragmatics of «enigma» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/E/enigma/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- [«enigma» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/enigma.html) on Mova free.
- [Trees and pragmatics of «enigma» in the Judaism dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/E/enigma/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- [«enigma» in the Judaism dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/judaism/w/enigma.html) on Mova free.