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mystery

 
 
/ˈmɪstəri/ adjective [always before noun]

Translation

A mystery person or thing is one who is unknown.
gizli, bilinmeyen, esrarengiz, tuhaf
I saw her with a mystery man in a restaurant last night.1073
(Definition of mystery adjective from the Cambridge Learner's Dictionary English-Turkish © Cambridge University Press)

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