conundrum

Pronounced: kuh-NUN-drum, noun

Notes: I know one definition for sure, but the others I didn’t know


Yesterday’s word

The word toxophily is “the practice of, love of, or addiction to, archery”

First usage

Our word came into English in the late 1800s

Background / Comments

Our word came from Greek; it is a combination of toxon (bow) and -phily (love). As I noted yesterday, one part of the word was familiar, and that is the second part (-phily).

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