conundrum
NounWordNet 3.0
Noun (1)
- a difficult problemSynonyms: riddleenigmabrain-teaser
Webster's Dictionary (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. [1913 Webster]
Or pun ambiguous, or conundrum quaint.— J. Philips.[1913 Webster]
2.A question to which only a conjectural answer can be made. [1913 Webster]
Do you think life is long enough to let me speculate on conundrums like that?— W. Black.[1913 Webster]