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Vinony

riddle

noun

  1. word puzzle
  2. traditional form of word-play in Scandinavia
  3. statement or question or phrase having a double or veiled meaning, put forth as a puzzle to be solved
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verb

  1. state a riddle
  2. fill with holes
  3. be filled with
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Wiktionary

Pronunciation: /ˈɹɪdəl/ / [ˈɹʷɪdəl] ~ [ˈɹʷɪdl̩] / /ˈɹɪɾəl/

name

Etymology: Named after Ryedale in Yorkshire, as well as a spelling variant of Riddell.

  1. A surname.
  2. A place in the United States:
  3. A place in the United States:
  4. A place in the United States:
  5. A place in the United States:

noun

Etymology: From Middle English riddel, ridel, redel, rudel, from Old French ridel ("a plaited stuff; curtain"; > Medieval Latin ridellus), from rider (“to wrinkle”), from Old High German rīdan (“to turn; wrap; twist; wrinkle”). More at writhe. Doublet of rideau.

  1. A curtain; bedcurtain.
  2. One of the pair of curtains enclosing an altar on the north and south.

verb

Etymology: From Middle English ridlen, from the noun (see above).

  1. To plait.