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| Gor·di·an knot [ gàwrdee ən nòt ] (plural Gor·di·an knots) |
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| Definition: |
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complicated problem: a problem for which it is very difficult to find a solution
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| [Late 16th century. < the knot of Gordius, king of Gordium, which was to be loosened only by the future ruler of Asia: Alexander the Great sliced through it] |
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