Word I noticed while watching [[Michael Sugrue]]'s video about [[Søren Kierkegaard]], who he describes as enigmatic. ## Definition Difficult to interpret or understand; mysterious. ## Context The enigma machine in world war 2 was enigmatic because you could not understand what was being transmitted. ## Connections I am sometimes perceived as enigmatic because I don't reveal everything I think about. It's difficult when there's so many thoughts flying around at the same time. It is one of the reasons why a [[Personal knowledge management]] system is useful. Working with the garage door open is the opposite of being enigmatic with your thoughts and works. Learning in public. Enigma is a character in [[Dota 2]]. > Nothing is known of Enigma's background. There are only stories and legends, most of them apocryphal, passed down through the ages. In truth, Enigma is a mystery for whom the only true biography is description: he is a universal force, a consumer of worlds. He is a being of the void, at times corporeal, other times ethereal. A beast between the planes. ## Morphology and etymology It must be related to enigma. From Latin aenigma "riddle," from Greek ainigma (plural ainigmata) "a dark saying, riddle," from ainissesthai "speak obscurely, speak in riddles.