aenigma — meaning in English

English meaning

• Enigma noun A person or thing that is puzzling, mysterious, or hard to understand.
• riddle noun A question or statement phrased puzzlingly, meant to be solved for fun or as a test of wit.

Senses

aenigma is used for these senses in English:

• riddle A verbal puzzle, mystery, or other problem of an intellectual nature.

riddle — full definition

1. noun A question or statement phrased puzzlingly, meant to be solved for fun or as a test of wit.
2. noun A coarse sieve used to separate finer material from coarser material, such as sifting gravel from sand.
3. verb To pierce something with many holes, or to fill it thoroughly with something, often something damaging.