enigma

Founding-era definition · Webster's 1828 American Dictionary

ENIG'MA, noun [Latin oenigma; Gr. to hint.] A dark saying, in which some known thing is concealed under obscure language; an obscure question; a riddle. A question, saying or painting, containing a hidden meaning, which is proposed to be guessed.
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