SuaviloquyToday’s word

enigmatic

Enigmatic, Enigmatical, a.

Etymology: [Cf. F. énigmatique.]

Relating to or resembling an enigma; not easily explained or accounted for; darkly expressed; obscure; puzzling; as, an enigmatical answer.

Shades of meaning

Fernald has no entry of its own for enigmatic; he lists it under equivocal.

He lists it without comment; the entries above explain its neighbors.