Co*nun"drum (?), n. [Origin
unknown.] 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.
Or pun ambiguous, or conundrum quaint.
J. Philips.
2. A question to which only a conjectural
answer can be made.
Do you think life is long enough to let me
speculate on conundrums like that?
W. Black.