conundrum Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. noun a difficult problem
    riddle; enigma; brain-teaser.

WordNet


Co*nun"drum noun
Etymology
Origin unknown.
Definitions
  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.

Webster 1913