All 4 Uses of
conundrum
in
Emma
- He was invited to contribute any really good enigmas, charades, or conundrums that he might recollect; and she had the pleasure of seeing him most intently at work with his recollections; and at the same time, as she could perceive, most earnestly careful that nothing ungallant, nothing that did not breathe a compliment to the sex should pass his lips.†
Chpt 1.9-10
- I am making a conundrum.†
Chpt 3.7-8 *
- How will a conundrum reckon?†
Chpt 3.7-8
- A conundrum of Mr. Weston's shall clear him and his next neighbour.†
Chpt 3.7-8
Definition:
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(conundrum) a difficult problem -- often with no clearly correct answer