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Word of the Day

enigmatic

Merriam-Webster's Word of the Day for December 7, 2025 is:

enigmatic • \en-ig-MAT-ik\  • adjective

Something or someone described as enigmatic is mysterious and difficult to understand.

// The band’s lead singer has always been an enigmatic figure, refusing to use social media or even sit for interviews.

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Examples:

“For thirty years, Perlefter’s carpet hung peacefully on the wall in the museum, delighting visitors with its beauty, its unusual palette, enigmatic motifs and its echoes of four empires.” — Dorothy Armstrong, Threads of Empire: A History of the World in Twelve Carpets, 2025

Did you know?

The noun enigma can refer to a puzzle, a riddle, a question mark. It’s no mystery then, that the adjective enigmatic describes what is hard to solve or figure out. An enigmatic person, for example, may be someone with a bit of je ne sais quoi. What’s behind a stranger’s enigmatic smile? Your guess is as good as ours. Does the vocabulary in the short story you’re reading render it a tad enigmatic? Better grab a dictionary! Both enigma and enigmatic come from the Greek verb ainissesthai, meaning “to speak in riddles.”