† eˈnigmatist Obs.
[ad. L. ænigmatista, ad. Gr. αἰνιγµατιστ-ής, f. αἴνιγµα enigma.]
a. A writer of enigmas. b. One who speaks enigmatically.
| 1621 Ainsworth Annot. Pentat. Num. xxi. 27 In Greeke, ænigmatists, they that speake riddles. 1710 Addison Whig-Exam. i. ¶3, I shall deal more ingenuously with my Readers than the above-mentioned Enigmatist has done. |