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quandary

/kˈwɒndəi/KWON-dur-ee
/kˈwɑndɚi/KWAHN-dur-ee

Meaningdifficulty, trouble

Common meaning: a puzzle, a fix

Journey through time

  1. Old Norse (Icelandic)vandredisource
  2. Middle Englishwandrethsource
  3. Englishquandary‘a puzzle, a fix’ · today

Sources & notes

Meaning: “Meaning” is the sense that emerges from the word’s roots; “Common meaning” is today’s everyday sense. Both written by us.

Pronunciation

  • UK IPA: converted from the US form by rule (unchecked). Respelling: generated.
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  • US IPA: CMUdict (BSD-2), converted to IPA by rule. Respelling: generated.
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Origin: Built on Old Norse (Icelandic) vandredi ‘difficulty, trouble’.

Roots

  • vandredi Old Norse (Icelandic) “difficulty, trouble”

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