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Conundrum

conundrum
(conundrums) A conundrum is a problem or puzzle which is difficult or impossible to solve. (FORMAL) ...this theological conundrum of the existence of evil and suffering in a world created by a good God. N-COUNT
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   noun  Etymology: origin unknown  Date: 1645  1. a riddle whose answer is or involves a pun  2.  a. a question or problem having only a conjectural answer  b. an intricate and difficult problem ...
Merriam-Webster Collegiate Dictionary
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  n. 1 a riddle, esp. one with a pun in its answer. 2 a hard or puzzling question. Etymology: 16th c.: orig. unkn. ...
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  1. головоломка, загадка to speak in conundrums —- говорить загадками ...
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  noun загадка; головоломка Syn: see puzzle ...
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  ~ n 1 a confusing and difficult problem  (I don't know the answer - it's a conundrum.) 2 a trick question asked for fun; riddle1 (1) ...
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
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  - 1596, Oxford University slang for "pedant, whim," etc., later (late 18c.) "riddle, puzzle," also spelled quonundrum; the sort of ponderous pseudo-Latin word that was once the height of humor in learned circles. ...
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