ETYM Origin unknown.
(Irregular plural: conundrums, or: conundra).
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.
2. A question to which only a conjectural answer can be made.
Synonym for a riddle.

ETYM French paradoxe, Latin paradoxum, from Greek; para beside, beyond, contrary to + dokein to think, suppose, imagine. Related to Para-, and Dogma.
Apparently self-contradictory statement; heterodox statement.
Statement that seems contradictory but contains an element of truth. The truth is emphasized by the unexpected form of expression. The Bible is a rich source of paradox: “Love your enemies”; “The first shall be last and the last shall be first.”.
(In logic) A self-contradiction. + prikaži više