Source : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

Quandary \Quan"da*ry\, n.; pl. {Quandaries}. [Prob. fr. OE.
   wandreth adversity, perplexity, Icel. wandr[ae][eth]i
   difficulty, trouble, fr. vandr difficult.]
   A state of difficulty or perplexity; doubt; uncertainty.