riddler

riddler
Ⅰ.
riddle [1] ► NOUN 1) a question or statement phrased so as to require ingenuity in finding its answer or meaning. 2) a puzzling person or thing.
► VERB archaic ▪ speak in or pose riddles.
DERIVATIVES riddler noun.
ORIGIN Old English, related to READ(Cf. ↑readable).
Ⅱ.
riddle [2] ► VERB (usu. be riddled) 1) make many holes in, especially with gunshot. 2) fill or permeate with something undesirable: a policy riddled with inadequacies. 3) pass through a riddle.
► NOUN ▪ a large coarse sieve, especially one for separating ashes from cinders or sand from gravel.
ORIGIN Old English.

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