Noun

(mysteries)

Something secret or unexplainable; an unknown.

*{{quote-book, year=1927, author= F. E. Penny

, chapter=4, title= Pulling the Strings , passage=The case was that of a murder. It had an element of mystery about it, however, which was puzzling the authorities. A turban and loincloth soaked in blood had been found; also a staff.}}

Someone or something with an obscure or puzzling nature.

* (Jonathan Swift) (1667–1745)

If God should please to reveal unto us this great mystery of the Trinity, or some other mysteries in our holy religion, we should not be able to understand them, unless he would bestow on us some new faculties of the mind.

* {{quote-book, year=1905, author=

, title= , chapter=5 citation , passage=Then I had a good think on the subject of the hocussing of Cigarette, and I was reluctantly bound to admit that once again the man in the corner had found the only possible solution to the mystery .}}

(label) A particular event or series of events in the life of Christ.

A secret religious celebration, to which none were admitted except those who had been initiated.

Noun

(uncountable) The state or result of being baffled, puzzled, or confused.

* 1920 , , The Bat , ch. 12:

"Have you any theory about this occurrence to-night?" She watched him eagerly as she asked the question.

He made a gesture of bafflement .

"None whatever—it's beyond me," he confessed.

(countable) Something that causes a state of confusion or puzzlement.

* 2005 Dec. 16, , " Best of 2005: Music," Time :

The cartoon characters on the front cover, the irritatingly meaningless track names . . . make it seem like a concept album about global warming for kids. Since the lyrics remain a bafflement , it might well be.