Enigmatic means mysterious and hard to interpret. An enigmatic smile, an enigmatic figure, enigmatic remarks.
It is nearly always flattering, since calling somebody enigmatic credits them with depth rather than confusion. The Greek behind it means to speak in riddles.
1adjectiveenigmaticMysterious and hard to interpret.
“She gave an enigmatic smile and refused to say where she had been.”
enigmatic is a quality.
Greek ainigmatikos comes from ainigma, a riddle.
Ancient Greek
αἰνιγματικός
French
énigmatique
Latin
aenigmaticus
English, today
enigmatic
From Latin aenigmaticus and French énigmatique, from Ancient Greek αἰνιγματικός; equivalent to enigma + -tic.
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA