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Definition of Conundrum
1. Noun. A difficult problem.
Generic synonyms: Problem
Derivative terms: Riddle, Riddle
Definition of Conundrum
1. n. 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.
Definition of Conundrum
1. Noun. A difficult question or riddle, especially one using a play on words in the answer. ¹
2. Noun. A difficult choice or decision that must be made. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Conundrum
1. [n -S]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Conundrum
Literary usage of Conundrum
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Notes and Queries by Martim de Albuquerque (1859)
"Accordingly, the Portuguese conundrum, “What does a dog make when he goes into
the sun? ... A shadow,” and the waterman's conundrum, when he asked a brother ..."
2. Modern British Poetry by Louis Untermeyer (1920)
"THE conundrum OF THE WORKSHOPS When the flush of a newborn sun fell first on
Eden's green and gold, Our father Adam sat under the Tree and scratched with a ..."
3. A Short History of English Literature by George Saintsbury (1898)
"CHAPTER V EIGHTEENTH-CENTURY DRAMA The conundrum of the drama — Fading of
eighteenth-century tragedy — Minor comic writers: the domestic play—Goldsmith ..."
4. The Book of Humorous Verse by Carolyn Wells (1920)
"A CONJUGAL conundrum WHICH is of greater value, prythee, say, The Bride or
Bridegroom?—must the truth be told? Alas, it must! The Bride is given away— The ..."
5. The Writings in Prose and Verse of Rudyard Kipling by Rudyard Kipling (1899)
"That's why I say ut takes a strong man to dale with the Ould Church, an' for that
reason you'll find so many women go there. An' that same's a conundrum. ..."
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