Definition of Riddles

1. Noun. (plural of riddle) ¹

2. Verb. (third-person singular of riddle) ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Riddles

1. riddle [v] - See also: riddle

Lexicographical Neighbors of Riddles

ridden hard and put away wet
ridder
ridders
riddim
riddims
ridding
riddle
riddle canon
riddle me this
riddle stick
riddle sticks
riddled
riddlelike
riddler
riddlers
riddles (current term)
riddling
riddlings
ride a horse foaled by an acorn
ride along
ride alongs
ride away
ride cymbal
ride cymbals
ride down
ride height
ride heights
ride herd

Literary usage of Riddles

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The English and Scottish Popular Ballads by George Lyman Kittredge (1884)
"64, No 57, and Lieder- hort, 340, No 153a, two Brandenburg versions, nearly agreeing, one with six, the other with five, pairs of riddles. ..."

2. The Encyclopaedia Britannica: “a” Dictionary of Arts, Sciences, Literature edited by Hugh Chisholm (1911)
"In riddles may perhaps be noticed tbe animistic or personalizing tendency of ... The person who asked these riddles had the old sense of wind, for example, ..."

3. Memoirs of the American Folk-lore Society by American Folklore Society (1904)
"Speak-riddles said : " As you saw me coming down toward the ravine you thought there were ... I want Speak-riddles to tell me the riddle before I die," said ..."

4. The Encyclopedia Britannica: A Dictionary of Arts, Sciences, Literature and by Hugh Chisholm (1911)
"In riddles may perhaps be noticed the animistic or personalizing tendency of ... The person who asked these riddles had the old sense of wind, for example, ..."

5. English Writers: An Attempt Towards a History of English Literature by Henry Morley, William Hall Griffin (1888)
"By confining his ingenuity to simple homely themes Aldhelm gave impulse to the making of riddles in the native tongue as well as in Latin. ..."

6. English Writers: An Attempt Towards a History of English Literature by Henry Morley, William Hall Griffin (1888)
"By confining his ingenuity to simple homely themes Aldhelm gave impulse to the making of riddles in the native tongue as well as in Latin. ..."

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