different between enigmatic vs otherworldly

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

otherworld +? -ly

Pronunciation

• (US) enPR: ?th'?r-wûrld?li, IPA^(key): /??ð??w?ld.li/

Adjective

otherworldly (comparative more otherworldly, superlative most otherworldly)

1. Of, concerned with, or preoccupied with a different world than that of the tangible here and now, such as a heavenly, spiritual, or imaginary world.
   • 1917, H. G. Wells, God, the Invisible King, ch. 5,

     Every religion that becomes ascendant, in so far as it is not otherworldly, must necessarily set its stamp upon the methods and administration of the law.

   • 2007, Clive Davis, "Simphiwe Dana: The One Love Movement on Bantu Biko Street," Times of London, 26 Aug.,

     Dana has the otherworldly temperament of a mystic.

2. Not belonging to the real world; unnatural; odd and unfamiliar.

Alternative forms

• other-worldly

Translations

Synonyms

• (of a different world): alien, ethereal, mystical, transcendental

Related terms

• other-worldly