riddled

Variant of riddle

riddle definition

rid·dle (rid′'l)

noun

  1. a problem or puzzle in the form of a question, statement, etc. so formulated that some ingenuity is required to solve or answer it; conundrum
  2. any puzzling, perplexing, or apparently inexplicable person or thing, as a difficult problem or enigmatic saying; enigma

Etymology: ME ridil < OE rædels, akin to rædan, to guess, read

transitive verb riddled -·dled, riddling -·dling

to solve or explain (a riddle)

intransitive verb

to propound riddles; speak enigmatically

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2005 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
Used by arrangement with John Wiley & Sons, Inc.

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