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See also:CONUNDRUM (a word of unknown origin, probably coined in See also:burlesque See also:imitation of scholastic Latin, as "See also:hocus-pocus" or '" panjandrum ") , originally a See also:term meaning whim, See also:fancy or ridiculous See also:idea;. later applied to a See also:pun or See also:play upon words, and thus, in its usual sense, to a particular See also:form of riddle in which the See also:answer depends on a pun . In a' transferred sense the word is also used of any puzzling question or difficulty . |
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