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drəm noun
1.
a riddle, the answer to which involves a pun or play on words, as What is black and white and read all over? A newspaper.
2.
anything that puzzles.
Origin:
1590–1600; pseudo-L word of obscure origin
1590–1600; pseudo-L word of obscure origin
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conundrum (kəˈnʌndrəm) ![[Click for IPA pronunciation guide]](http://static.sfdict.com/dictstatic/g/d/dictionary_questionbutton_default.gif) | |
| —n | |
| 1. | a riddle, esp one whose answer makes a play on words |
| 2. | a puzzling question or problem |
| [C16: of unknown origin] | |
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Conundrum
is an SAT word you need to know.
So is pious. Does it mean:
| punctiliously or minutely careful, precise, or exact: |
| of or pertaining to religious devotion; sacred rather than secular: |
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Word Origin & History
conundrum
1596, Oxford University slang for "pedant," also "whim," etc., later (1790) "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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Example sentences
There is a technological solution to this conundrum and it is called conductive thread.
Prospectuses tend to solve the conundrum by avoiding mention of the party's role.
It may be the biggest, but it is far from the only temporal conundrum.
Astronomers have proposed two solutions to this conundrum.
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