RIDDLE Rid"dle, n. Etym: [For riddels, s being misunderstood as the plural ending; OE. ridels, redels. AS. rraadsel, G. räthsel; fr. AS. r to counsel or advise, also, to guess. sq. root116. Cf. Read.]
Defn: Something proposed to be solved by guessing or conjecture; a puzzling question; an ambiguous proposition; an enigma; hence, anything ambiguous or puzzling. To wring from me, and tell to them, my secret, That solved the riddle which I had proposed. Milton. 'T was a strange riddle of a lady. Hudibras.
RIDDLE
Rid"dle, v. t.
Defn: To explain; to solve; to unriddle.
Riddle me this, and guess him if you can. Dryden.
RIDDLE
Rid"dle, v. i.
Defn: To speak ambiguously or enigmatically. "Lysander riddels very prettily." Shak.
RIDDLER
Rid"dler, n.
Defn: One who riddles (grain, sand, etc.).
RIDDLER
Rid"dler, n.
Defn: One who speaks in, or propounds, riddles.