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Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
quandary /ˈkwɒnd(ə)ri/

▶noun (pl. quandaries) a state of uncertainty over what to do in a difficult situation: Kate was in a quandary.

– origin C16: perh. partly from L. quando ‘when’.

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