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co·nun·drum (kə nun′drəm)

noun

  1. a riddle whose answer contains a pun (Ex.: “What's the difference between a jeweler and a jailer?”“One sells watches and the other watches cells.”)
  2. any puzzling question or problem

Etymology: 16th-c. Oxford University L slang for pedant, whim, etc.; early sp. quonundrum

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2009 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
Used by arrangement with John Wiley & Sons, Inc.

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