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Date: 1500-1600
Origin: Perhaps from Latin quando 'when'

quandary

 noun
     
quan‧da‧ry plural quandaries [countable]
a difficult situation or problem, especially one in which you cannot decide what to do
in a quandary
Kate was in a quandary over whether to go or not.
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