| 释义 |
enigˈmatical, a.
[f. prec. + -al1.]
= prec.
1576Fleming Panoplie Ep. 399 Sydonius is so enigmaticall..that a man can scarse tell where to finde out his meaning. c1645Howell Lett. (1650) II. 44 The mud of Nile..that enigmaticall vast river. 1723S. Mather Vind. Bible 218 They did use ænigmatical discourses. 1823Lingard Hist. Eng. VI. 75 The meaning of this enigmatical remark was not disclosed till eighteen months afterwards. 1850W. Irving Mahomet vi. (1853) 34 The enigmatical career of this extraordinary man. |
