conundrum

conundrum

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1. n. 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. Source: opted
2. n. A question to which only a conjectural answer can be made. Source: opted
3. n. a difficult problem Source: wordnet
4. 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
5. n:100 n a difficult problem Source: ecdict

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