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.
enigmatic -- not clear to the understanding; I didn't grasp the meaning of that enigmatic comment until much later; prophetic texts so enigmatic that their meaning has been disputed for centuries. synonyms: enigmatical, puzzling. Source: WordNet 3.0.