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| mys·te·ri·ous [ mi stree əss ] |
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1. unknown: about whom or which little is known, but who or which excites considerable curiosity
  a mysterious woman in a red coat
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2. strange: difficult to understand or explain
the mysterious disappearance of the ship's crew
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3. full of mystery: full of or suggesting mystery
The caves were dark and mysterious.
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4. secretive: deliberately arousing curiosity by refusing to reveal something
Stop being so mysterious and tell us what you found out.
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| [Late 16th century. < French mystérieux< mystère "mystery" < Latin mysterium (see mystery1)] |
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| mys·te·ri·ous·ly adverb |
| mys·te·ri·ous·ness noun |
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