Poser
['pəʊzə] or ['pozɚ]
Definition
(noun.) a particularly difficult or baffling question or problem.
Typist: Murray--From WordNet
Definition
(n.) One who, or that which, puzzles; a difficult or inexplicable question or fact.
Checker: Presley
Synonyms and Synonymous
n. [1]. Puzzler, close examiner.[2]. Riddle, enigma, mystery, knotty point.
Editor: Percival
Examples
- This being something in the nature of a poser for Podsnap, he merely waves it away with a speechless wave. Charles Dickens. Our Mutual Friend.
- That was a poser to me, for a five-hours' run was about all that had been required up to that time. Frank Lewis Dyer. Edison, His Life and Inventions.
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