Both Uses of
enigma
in
Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance
- These enigmatic responses of DeWeese gave Phaedrus the idea that DeWeese had access to a huge terrain of hidden understanding.†
Part 2 *enigmatic = mysterious and seeming unexplainable
- There is no evidence anywhere that he ever thought of his expulsion from the university as a failure, just an enigma.†
Part 2
Definitions:
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(1)
(enigma) something mysterious that seems unexplainable
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(2)
(meaning too rare to warrant focus) meaning too rare to warrant focus:
The word may also be seen in the proper noun, Enigma Machine. It refers to an encryption device used by Nazi Germany during the second world war. Britain eventually learned to unencrypt messages sent with the machine, but kept that ability a secret.