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conundrum
(encz) | conundrum,hádanka n: Zdeněk Brož |
conundrum
(encz) | conundrum,hlavolam n: Zdeněk Brož |
Conundrum
(gcide) | Conundrum \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.
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Or pun ambiguous, or conundrum quaint. --J. Philips.
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2. A question to which only a conjectural answer can be made.
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Do you think life is long enough to let me speculate
on conundrums like that? --W. Black.
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conundrum
(wn) | conundrum
n 1: a difficult problem [syn: riddle, conundrum, enigma,
brain-teaser] |
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Conundrum
(gcide) | Conundrum \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.
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Or pun ambiguous, or conundrum quaint. --J. Philips.
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2. A question to which only a conjectural answer can be made.
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Do you think life is long enough to let me speculate
on conundrums like that? --W. Black.
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