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riddle1

Syllabification: (rid·dle)

Pronunciation: /ˈridl/

Definition of riddle

a question or statement intentionally phrased so as to require ingenuity in ascertaining its answer or meaning, typically presented as a game.
a person, event, or fact that is difficult to understand or explain:the riddle of her death

[no object] archaic

speak in or pose riddles:he who knows not how to riddle
[with two objects] solve or explain (a riddle) to (someone):riddle me this then

Phrases

talk (or speak) in riddles: express oneself in an ambiguous or puzzling manner.

Old English rǣdels, rǣdelse 'opinion, conjecture, riddle'; related to Dutch raadsel, German Rätsel, also to read

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