English Explanatory Dictionary

riddling

English dictionary entry

Meanings

verb
  1. present participle and gerund of riddle (“to speak ambiguously or answer a question”)
noun
  1. The posing or solving of a riddle.
verb
  1. present participle and gerund of riddle (“to sieve or fill with holes”)
noun
  1. Material removed by riddling, or sieving.
adj
  1. Enfilled with or spread throughout; permeating; pervading.
verb
  1. present participle and gerund of riddle (“to plait”)

Word forms

riddling riddlings more riddling most riddling

Etymology

From Middle English redel, redels, from Old English rǣdels, rǣdelse (“counsel, opinion, imagination, riddle”). More at riddle.

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