CONUNDRUM


Meaning of CONUNDRUM in English

/keuh nun"dreuhm/ , n.

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.

[ 1590-1600; pseudo-L word of obscure orig. ]

Random House Webster's Unabridged English dictionary.      Полный английский словарь Вебстер - Random House .