How did the Asylums come about? The first recorded Lunatic Asylum in Europe was the Bethlem Royal Hospital in London, it has been a part of London since 1247 when it was built as a priory. It became a hospital in 1330 and admitted its first mentally ill patients in 1407.
The definition of enigmatic is something that is like a puzzle or riddle that canât be understood. An example of enigmatic is the mysterious ending of a complicated movie.
enigma. 1  a puzzling or inexplicable occurrence or situation: His disappearance is an enigma that has given rise to much speculation. 2  a person of puzzling or contradictory character: To me he has always been an enigma, one minute completely insensitive, the next moved to tears. 3  a saying, question, picture, etc., containing a hidden meaning; riddle.