| The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language: Fourth Edition. 2000. |
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| SYLLABICATION: | e·nig·ma |
| PRONUNCIATION: |   -ng m |
| NOUN: | 1. One that is puzzling, ambiguous, or inexplicable. 2. A perplexing speech or text; a riddle. | | ETYMOLOGY: | Latin aenigma, from Greek ainigma, from ainissesthai, ainig-, to speak in riddles, from ainos, fable.
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