CONUNDRUMS

Noun

conundrums

plural of conundrum

Source: Wiktionary


CONUNDRUM

Co*nun"drum, n. Etym: [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.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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