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riddle (RID'l) (noun)
1. A difficult question in a game or statement that requires thought to answer or to understand; a conundrum: Trudy loved to solve at least one riddle everyday.
2. Someone or something which is difficult to understand or to solve: Russell was constantly finding one riddle after another as he examined the history of science.
2. Someone or something which is difficult to understand or to solve: Russell was constantly finding one riddle after another as he examined the history of science.
riddle (RID'l) (verb)
1. To pierce with numerous holes; to perforate: In order to stop the criminal from speeding away in a car, the police had to riddle the tires with bullets.
2. To fill something that is bad or unpleasant: It is obvious that the author did indeed riddle his book with one error after another.
2. To fill something that is bad or unpleasant: It is obvious that the author did indeed riddle his book with one error after another.
Did the author riddle his riddle with irrational suggestions?
Well, Jacob is convinced that the solution to the riddle had one riddle after another one which resulted in too many false clues.
Here is an example of a riddle: What comes once in a minute, twice in a moment, but never in a thousand years? The letter "m".
Here's another riddle: What goes around and around the wood but never goes into the wood? The bark of a tree.
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Confusing Words Clarified: Group R; Homonyms, Homophones, Homographs, Synonyms, Polysemes, etc. +
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(Greek ainigma > Latin aenigma: dark saying, riddle, fable; from ainissesthai, "to speak darkly, to speak in riddles")