different between enigmatic vs surreptitious

English

Alternative forms

• ænigmatic (archaic)
• ænigmatick (obsolete)
• enigmatick (obsolete)

Pronunciation

• (US) IPA^(key): /??n???mæt?k/

Adjective

enigmatic (comparative more enigmatic, superlative most enigmatic)

1. Pertaining to an enigma.
2. Mysterious.

   • Serene, smiling, enigmatic, she faced him with no fear whatever showing in her dark eyes. The clear light of the bright autumn morning had no terrors for youth and health like hers.

3. Defying description.
4. (variant) Enigmatical.

Synonyms

• (mysterious): See also Thesaurus:mysterious
• (defying description): See also Thesaurus:incomprehensible

Translations

Romanian

Etymology

French énigmatique

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [eni??matik]

Adjective

enigmatic m or n (feminine singular enigmatic?, masculine plural enigmatici, feminine and neuter plural enigmatice)

1. enigmatic

Declension

Synonyms

• misterios

Related terms

• enigm?

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin surr?pt?cius (“furtive, clandestine”), from surr?p? (“to creep along”).

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /?s???p?t???s/
• (US) IPA^(key): /s????p?t???s/, /?s???p?t???s/, /?s???p?t???s/
• Rhymes: -???s

Adjective

surreptitious (comparative more surreptitious, superlative most surreptitious)

1. Stealthy, furtive, well hidden, covert (especially movements).

Synonyms

• See Thesaurus:covert

Derived terms

• surreptitiously
• surreptitiousness

Related terms

• subreption
• surreptition

Translations