mystery
mys·tery
noun
1.
something that baffles understanding and cannot be explained
- “how it got out is a mystery”
- “it remains one of nature”
Origin
From Middle English mysterie, from Anglo-Norman misterie (Old French mistere), from Latin mysterium, from Ancient Greek μυστήριον (mustḗrion, “a mystery, a secret, a secret rite”), from μύστης (mústēs, “initiated one”), from μυέω (muéō, “to initiate”), from μύω (múō, “to shut”). Displaced native Old English ġerȳne.
Phrases
- bag of mystery
- Eleusinian Mysteries
- locked-room mystery
- murder mystery
- mystery bag
- Mystery Bay
- mystery box
- mystery clock
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