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conundrum

kә'nʌndrәm5 senses · 58 ms
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noun/kəˈnʌn.dɹəm/
  1. 1

    A difficult question or riddle, especially one using a play on words in the answer.

    • “Why should I understand that, or anything else?” asked the girl. “Don’t bother my head by asking conundrums, I beg of you. Just let me discover myself in my own way.”
    • Besides assisting in unravelling these two etymological conundrums, the present research also made an effort to approach a greater accuracy in presenting the original sources of borrowed words.
  2. 2

    A difficult choice or decision that must be made.

    • 2004, Martha Stewart, statement read before being sentenced to five months in prison And while I am more concerned about the well-being of others than for myself, more hurt for them and for their losses than for my own, more worried for the

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