Definitions

from The Century Dictionary.

  • noun An absurd question; a quibble; a conundrum; a pun; a piece of jocularity or facetiousness.

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  • noun rare An absurd question; a quibble; a conundrum; a pun; a piece of jocularity or facetiousness.

Etymologies

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Possibly a humorous alteration of catechism

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