About The Word Conundrum
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Conundrum
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What's The Definition Of Conundrum?
[n] a difficult problem
Synonyms | Synonyms for Conundrum: brain-teaser | enigma | riddle Related Terms | Find terms related to Conundrum: See Also | problem Conundrum In Webster's Dictionary \Co*nun"drum\, n. [Origin unknown.]
1. A kind of riddle based upon some fanciful or fantastic
resemblance between things quite unlike; a puzzling
question, of which the answer is or involves a pun.
Or pun ambiguous, or conundrum quaint. --J. Philips.
2. A question to which only a conjectural answer can be made.
Do you think life is long enough to let me speculate
on conundrums like that? --W. Black.
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