Flashcards: Latin Derivatives

enigmatic

 

perplexing, inexplicable

 

In times of drought and deluge, many a pious farmer has pondered the enigmatic contingencies of weather.

 

Related English words: enigma (a perplexing or inexplicable statement, matter, or person), enigmatical (enigmatic)

 

Latin root word: aenigma, aenigmatis, n. - riddle

 

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