quandary

Founding-era definition · Webster's 1828 American Dictionary

QUAN'DARY, noun Doubt; uncertainty; a state of difficulty or perplexity. QUAN'DARY, verb transitive To bring into a state of uncertainty or difficulty. [Not used.]
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