enigma

CEFRC1

/ɪˈnɪɡmə/

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I was, and still am, an enigma to myself.
At the heart of all things there is to be found a certain coincidentia oppositorum; and herein, as I have said, lies the key to our problem: the enigma of indeterminism. The astounding fact is that freedom and necessity can coexist;
As noted by Fry (1980), if both forms were shown to be resident and breeding on Talaud, enigma must be accorded specific status.

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I was, and still am, an enigma to myself.
1894, Abram H. Dailey, Mollie Fancher, the Brooklyn Enigma, page 66
At the heart of all things there is to be found a certain coincidentia oppositorum; and herein, as I have said, lies the key to our problem: the enigma of indeterminism. The astounding fact is that freedom and necessity can coexist;
1995, Wolfgang Smith, The Quantum Enigma: Finding the Hidden Key, page 92
Tucked inconspicuously away behind the shoal of darkness that hung in those gloomy corners, the silhouetted enigma was ogling him in halcyon silence.
2007, Ramon Elmerito Gatchalian, A Supernatural Threat, page 9
But as he came to know this work during his last months, he also came to a profound understanding of the many enigmas that create a deeply satisfying life.
2007, Fernando Arrojo Ramos, Enigmas
The enigma that is central to homeopathic medicine has to do with the relationship between dilution and potency.
2009, Vinton McCabe, The Healing Enigma: Demystifying Homeopathy

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From Latin aenigma (“riddle”), being derived itself from the Ancient Greek verbal noun αἴνιγμα (aínigma, “dark saying, speaking in riddles”).