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mysterious

Of or pertaining to mystery; containing a mystery; difficult or impossible to understand; obscure not revealed or explained; enigmatical; incomprehensible. God at last To Satan, first in sin, his doom applied, Thought in mysterious terms. (milton)

Synonym: obscure, secret, occult, dark, mystic, cabalistic, enigmatical, unintelligible, incomprehensible.

Origin: F. Mysterieux. See 1st Mystery