definição e significado de conundrum

Definição

conundrum (n.)

1.a game in which participants compete to identify some obscurely indicated thing

2.a difficult problem

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Merriam Webster

ConundrumCo*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.

Or pun ambiguous, or conundrum quaint. J. Philips.

2. A question to which only a conjectural answer can be made.

Do you think life is long enough to let me speculate on conundrums like that? W. Black.

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Dicionario analógico

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Conundrum

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1 Literature
2 Other fields

Conundrum may refer to:

A riddle whose answer is or involves a pun or unexpected twist
A logical postulation that evades resolution, an intricate and difficult problem

Literature

Conundrum (Doctor Who), a 1994 original novel written by Steve Lyons
Conundrum (novel), a 2001 Dragonlance fantasy novel by Jeff Crook
Conundrum, a memoir written by Jan Morris
Conundrum Press (disambiguation), two book publishing companies in North America

Other fields

"Conundrum" (song), an instrumental song by Jethro Tull
"Conundrum" (Dallas), the two hour series finale of primetime soap opera Dallas.
"Conundrum" (Star Trek: the Next Generation), a fifth season episode of Star Trek: The Next Generation
The "Conundrum", a mountain unicycle made by Surly Bikes
"Conundrum" NSA code word for Chrononaut Frank B. Parker in the television series Seven Days

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