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{
"derived": [
{
"_dis1": "0 0",
"word": "riddle canon"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0",
"word": "riddle me ree"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0",
"word": "riddle me this"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0",
"word": "riddler"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0",
"word": "riddle stick"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0",
"word": "riddle wrapped in an enigma"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0",
"word": "world riddle"
}
],
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"1": "en",
"2": "enm",
"3": "redel"
},
"expansion": "Middle English redel",
"name": "inh"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "en",
"2": "ang",
"3": "rǣdels"
},
"expansion": "Old English rǣdels",
"name": "inh"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "en",
"2": "gmw-pro",
"3": "*rādislī",
"t": "counsel, conjecture"
},
"expansion": "Proto-West Germanic *rādislī (“counsel, conjecture”)",
"name": "inh"
},
{
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"2": "rede",
"3": "-le",
"t1": "advice"
},
"expansion": "rede (“advice”) + -le",
"name": "af"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "ang",
"2": "rǣdan",
"3": "",
"4": "to read, advise, interpret"
},
"expansion": "Old English rǣdan (“to read, advise, interpret”)",
"name": "cog"
}
],
"etymology_text": "From Middle English redel, redels, from Old English rǣdels, rǣdelse (“counsel, opinion, imagination, riddle”), from Proto-West Germanic *rādislī (“counsel, conjecture”). Analyzable as rede (“advice”) + -le. Akin to Old English rǣdan (“to read, advise, interpret”).",
"forms": [
{
"form": "riddles",
"tags": [
"plural"
]
}
],
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{
"args": {},
"expansion": "riddle (plural riddles)",
"name": "en-noun"
}
],
"lang": "English",
"lang_code": "en",
"pos": "noun",
"senses": [
{
"categories": [],
"examples": [
{
"text": "Here's a riddle: It's black, and white, and red all over. What is it?",
"type": "example"
},
{
"ref": "1611, The Holy Bible, […] (King James Version), London: […] Robert Barker, […], →OCLC, Judges 14:12–14:",
"text": "12 ¶ And Samson said vnto them, I will now put foorth a riddle vnto you: if you can certeinly declare it me, within the seuen dayes of the feast, and finde it out, then I will giue you thirtie sheetes, and thirtie change of garments:\n13 But if ye cannot declare it me, then shall yee giue me thirtie sheetes, and thirtie change of garments. And they said vnto him, Put foorth thy riddle, that we may heare it.\n14 And hee said vnto them, Out of the eater came foorth meate, aud out of the strong came foorth sweetnesse. And they could not in three dayes expound the riddle.",
"type": "quote"
},
{
"ref": "1671, John Milton, “Samson Agonistes, […].”, in Paradise Regain’d. A Poem. In IV Books. To which is Added, Samson Agonistes, London: […] J[ohn] M[acock] for John Starkey […], →OCLC, page 72:",
"text": "To wring from me and tell to them my ſecret, / That ſolv'd the riddle which I had propos'd.",
"type": "quote"
},
{
"ref": "1907 August, Robert W[illiam] Chambers, chapter VIII, in The Younger Set, New York, N.Y.: D. Appleton & Company, →OCLC:",
"text": "Elbows almost touching they leaned at ease, idly reading the almost obliterated lines engraved there. ¶ \"I never understood it,\" she observed, lightly scornful. \"What occult meaning has a sun-dial for the spooney? I'm sure I don't want to read riddles in a strange gentleman's optics.\"",
"type": "quote"
},
{
"ref": "1992, “Rain When I Die”, performed by Alice in Chains:",
"text": "I'm a riddle so strong, you can't break me",
"type": "quote"
}
],
"glosses": [
"A verbal puzzle, mystery, or other problem of an intellectual nature."
],
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"links": [
[
"verbal",
"verbal"
],
[
"puzzle",
"puzzle"
],
[
"mystery",
"mystery"
],
[
"problem",
"problem"
],
[
"intellectual",
"intellectual"
]
],
"synonyms": [
{
"word": "enigma"
},
{
"word": "conundrum"
},
{
"word": "brain-teaser"
}
],
"translations": [
{
"_dis1": "92 8",
"code": "af",
"lang": "Afrikaans",
"sense": "verbal puzzle",
"word": "raaisel"
},
{
"_dis1": "92 8",
"code": "sq",
"lang": "Albanian",
"sense": "verbal puzzle",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "gjëegjëzë"
},
{
"_dis1": "92 8",
"code": "sq",
"lang": "Albanian",
"sense": "verbal puzzle",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "gjëagjëzë"
},
{
"_dis1": "92 8",
"code": "sq",
"lang": "Albanian",
"sense": "verbal puzzle",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "sitë"
},
{
"_dis1": "92 8",
"code": "ar",
"lang": "Arabic",
"roman": "luḡz",
"sense": "verbal puzzle",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "لُغْز"
},
{
"_dis1": "92 8",
"code": "ar",
"lang": "Arabic",
"roman": "ʔuḥjiyya",
"sense": "verbal puzzle",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "أُحْجِيَّة"
},
{
"_dis1": "92 8",
"code": "ar",
"lang": "Arabic",
"roman": "muʕḍila",
"sense": "verbal puzzle",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "مُعْضِلَة"
},
{
"_dis1": "92 8",
"code": "arz",
"lang": "Arabic",
"roman": "fɑzzūrɑ",
"sense": "verbal puzzle",
"tags": [
"Egyptian-Arabic",
"masculine"
],
"word": "فزّورة"
},
{
"_dis1": "92 8",
"code": "hy",
"lang": "Armenian",
"roman": "haneluk",
"sense": "verbal puzzle",
"word": "հանելուկ"
},
{
"_dis1": "92 8",
"code": "as",
"lang": "Assamese",
"roman": "xãthor",
"sense": "verbal puzzle",
"word": "সাঁথৰ"
},
{
"_dis1": "92 8",
"code": "az",
"lang": "Azerbaijani",
"sense": "verbal puzzle",
"word": "tapmaca"
},
{
"_dis1": "92 8",
"code": "az",
"lang": "Azerbaijani",
"sense": "verbal puzzle",
"word": "müəmma"
},
{
"_dis1": "92 8",
"code": "be",
"lang": "Belarusian",
"roman": "zahádka",
"sense": "verbal puzzle",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "зага́дка"
},
{
"_dis1": "92 8",
"code": "bho",
"lang": "Bhojpuri",
"roman": "pahēlī",
"sense": "verbal puzzle",
"word": "पहेली"
},
{
"_dis1": "92 8",
"code": "bg",
"lang": "Bulgarian",
"roman": "gátanka",
"sense": "verbal puzzle",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "га́танка"
},
{
"_dis1": "92 8",
"code": "bg",
"lang": "Bulgarian",
"roman": "zagádka",
"sense": "verbal puzzle",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "зага́дка"
},
{
"_dis1": "92 8",
"code": "my",
"lang": "Burmese",
"roman": "ca.ka:hta",
"sense": "verbal puzzle",
"word": "စကားထာ"
},
{
"_dis1": "92 8",
"code": "ca",
"lang": "Catalan",
"sense": "verbal puzzle",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "endevinalla"
},
{
"_dis1": "92 8",
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"roman": "míyǔ",
"sense": "verbal puzzle",
"word": "謎語 /谜语"
},
{
"_dis1": "92 8",
"code": "cs",
"lang": "Czech",
"sense": "verbal puzzle",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "hádanka"
},
{
"_dis1": "92 8",
"code": "da",
"lang": "Danish",
"sense": "verbal puzzle",
"tags": [
"common-gender"
],
"word": "gåde"
},
{
"_dis1": "92 8",
"code": "nl",
"lang": "Dutch",
"sense": "verbal puzzle",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "raadsel"
},
{
"_dis1": "92 8",
"code": "eo",
"lang": "Esperanto",
"sense": "verbal puzzle",
"word": "enigmo"
},
{
"_dis1": "92 8",
"code": "et",
"lang": "Estonian",
"sense": "verbal puzzle",
"word": "mõistatus"
},
{
"_dis1": "92 8",
"code": "fo",
"lang": "Faroese",
"sense": "verbal puzzle",
"word": "gáta"
},
{
"_dis1": "92 8",
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "verbal puzzle",
"word": "arvoitus"
},
{
"_dis1": "92 8",
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "verbal puzzle",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "énigme"
},
{
"_dis1": "92 8",
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "verbal puzzle",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "devinette"
},
{
"_dis1": "92 8",
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "verbal puzzle",
"word": "devinaille"
},
{
"_dis1": "92 8",
"code": "gl",
"lang": "Galician",
"sense": "verbal puzzle",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "adiviñanza"
},
{
"_dis1": "92 8",
"code": "gl",
"lang": "Galician",
"sense": "verbal puzzle",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "cousiliña"
},
{
"_dis1": "92 8",
"code": "gl",
"lang": "Galician",
"sense": "verbal puzzle",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "adiviña"
},
{
"_dis1": "92 8",
"code": "ka",
"lang": "Georgian",
"roman": "gamocana",
"sense": "verbal puzzle",
"word": "გამოცანა"
},
{
"_dis1": "92 8",
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "verbal puzzle",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "Rätsel"
},
{
"_dis1": "92 8",
"code": "el",
"lang": "Greek",
"roman": "aínigma",
"sense": "verbal puzzle",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "αίνιγμα"
},
{
"_dis1": "92 8",
"code": "el",
"lang": "Greek",
"roman": "grífos",
"sense": "verbal puzzle",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "γρίφος"
},
{
"_dis1": "92 8",
"code": "grc",
"lang": "Ancient Greek",
"roman": "aínigma",
"sense": "verbal puzzle",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "αἴνιγμα"
},
{
"_dis1": "92 8",
"code": "grc",
"lang": "Ancient Greek",
"roman": "grîphos",
"sense": "verbal puzzle",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "γρῖφος"
},
{
"_dis1": "92 8",
"code": "he",
"lang": "Hebrew",
"roman": "ḥidá",
"sense": "verbal puzzle",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "חִידָה"
},
{
"_dis1": "92 8",
"code": "hi",
"lang": "Hindi",
"roman": "pahelī",
"sense": "verbal puzzle",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "पहेली"
},
{
"_dis1": "92 8",
"code": "hi",
"lang": "Hindi",
"roman": "bujhoval",
"sense": "verbal puzzle",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "बुझोवल"
},
{
"_dis1": "92 8",
"code": "hi",
"lang": "Hindi",
"roman": "samasyā",
"sense": "verbal puzzle",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "समस्या"
},
{
"_dis1": "92 8",
"code": "hi",
"lang": "Hindi",
"roman": "rahasya",
"sense": "verbal puzzle",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "रहस्य"
},
{
"_dis1": "92 8",
"code": "hi",
"lang": "Hindi",
"roman": "rāz",
"sense": "verbal puzzle",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "राज़"
},
{
"_dis1": "92 8",
"code": "hi",
"lang": "Hindi",
"roman": "rāj",
"sense": "verbal puzzle",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "राज"
},
{
"_dis1": "92 8",
"code": "hi",
"lang": "Hindi",
"roman": "bhed",
"sense": "verbal puzzle",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "भेद"
},
{
"_dis1": "92 8",
"code": "hi",
"lang": "Hindi",
"roman": "prahelikā",
"sense": "verbal puzzle",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "प्रहेलिका"
},
{
"_dis1": "92 8",
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "verbal puzzle",
"word": "rejtély"
},
{
"_dis1": "92 8",
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "verbal puzzle",
"word": "talány"
},
{
"_dis1": "92 8",
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "verbal puzzle",
"word": "rejtvény"
},
{
"_dis1": "92 8",
"code": "is",
"lang": "Icelandic",
"sense": "verbal puzzle",
"word": "gáta"
},
{
"_dis1": "92 8",
"code": "izh",
"lang": "Ingrian",
"sense": "verbal puzzle",
"word": "arvoitos"
},
{
"_dis1": "92 8",
"code": "ga",
"lang": "Irish",
"sense": "verbal puzzle",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "tomhas"
},
{
"_dis1": "92 8",
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "verbal puzzle",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "enigma"
},
{
"_dis1": "92 8",
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "verbal puzzle",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "indovinello"
},
{
"_dis1": "92 8",
"code": "ivv",
"lang": "Ivatan",
"sense": "verbal puzzle",
"word": "kabbuni"
},
{
"_dis1": "92 8",
"code": "ja",
"lang": "Japanese",
"roman": "nazonazo",
"sense": "verbal puzzle",
"word": "なぞなぞ"
},
{
"_dis1": "92 8",
"alt": "なぞなぞ",
"code": "ja",
"lang": "Japanese",
"roman": "nazonazo",
"sense": "verbal puzzle",
"word": "謎々"
},
{
"_dis1": "92 8",
"code": "pam",
"lang": "Kapampangan",
"sense": "verbal puzzle",
"word": "bugtung"
},
{
"_dis1": "92 8",
"code": "kk",
"lang": "Kazakh",
"roman": "jūmbaq",
"sense": "verbal puzzle",
"word": "жұмбақ"
},
{
"_dis1": "92 8",
"code": "ko",
"lang": "Korean",
"roman": "susukkekki",
"sense": "verbal puzzle",
"word": "수수께끼"
},
{
"_dis1": "92 8",
"code": "ky",
"lang": "Kyrgyz",
"roman": "tabışmak",
"sense": "verbal puzzle",
"word": "табышмак"
},
{
"_dis1": "92 8",
"code": "lad",
"lang": "Ladino",
"note": "not to be confused with singular female 'fortune-teller'",
"sense": "verbal puzzle",
"tags": [
"feminine",
"plural"
],
"word": "endevinas"
},
{
"_dis1": "92 8",
"code": "la",
"lang": "Latin",
"sense": "verbal puzzle",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "aenigma"
},
{
"_dis1": "92 8",
"code": "lv",
"lang": "Latvian",
"sense": "verbal puzzle",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "mīkla"
},
{
"_dis1": "92 8",
"code": "lt",
"lang": "Lithuanian",
"sense": "verbal puzzle",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "mįslė"
},
{
"_dis1": "92 8",
"code": "mk",
"lang": "Macedonian",
"roman": "gátanka",
"sense": "verbal puzzle",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "га́танка"
},
{
"_dis1": "92 8",
"code": "mk",
"lang": "Macedonian",
"roman": "zagatka",
"sense": "verbal puzzle",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "загатка"
},
{
"_dis1": "92 8",
"code": "ms",
"lang": "Malay",
"sense": "verbal puzzle",
"word": "teka-teki"
},
{
"_dis1": "92 8",
"code": "mi",
"lang": "Maori",
"sense": "verbal puzzle",
"word": "panga"
},
{
"_dis1": "92 8",
"code": "mi",
"lang": "Maori",
"sense": "verbal puzzle",
"word": "pere"
},
{
"_dis1": "92 8",
"code": "mwl",
"lang": "Mirandese",
"sense": "verbal puzzle",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "adebina"
},
{
"_dis1": "92 8",
"code": "no",
"lang": "Norwegian",
"sense": "verbal puzzle",
"tags": [
"feminine",
"masculine"
],
"word": "gåte"
},
{
"_dis1": "92 8",
"code": "oc",
"lang": "Occitan",
"sense": "verbal puzzle",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "devinalha"
},
{
"_dis1": "92 8",
"code": "oc",
"lang": "Occitan",
"sense": "verbal puzzle",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "enigma"
},
{
"_dis1": "92 8",
"code": "oc",
"lang": "Occitan",
"sense": "verbal puzzle",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "charrada"
},
{
"_dis1": "92 8",
"code": "ps",
"lang": "Pashto",
"roman": "ma'mã",
"sense": "verbal puzzle",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "معما"
},
{
"_dis1": "92 8",
"code": "fa",
"lang": "Persian",
"roman": "čistân",
"sense": "verbal puzzle",
"word": "چیستان"
},
{
"_dis1": "92 8",
"code": "fa",
"lang": "Persian",
"roman": "mo'ammâ",
"sense": "verbal puzzle",
"word": "معما"
},
{
"_dis1": "92 8",
"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "verbal puzzle",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "zagadka"
},
{
"_dis1": "92 8",
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "verbal puzzle",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "enigma"
},
{
"_dis1": "92 8",
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "verbal puzzle",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "charada"
},
{
"_dis1": "92 8",
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "verbal puzzle",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "adivinha"
},
{
"_dis1": "92 8",
"code": "ro",
"lang": "Romanian",
"sense": "verbal puzzle",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "ghicitoare"
},
{
"_dis1": "92 8",
"code": "ro",
"lang": "Romanian",
"sense": "verbal puzzle",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "cimilitură"
},
{
"_dis1": "92 8",
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "zagádka",
"sense": "verbal puzzle",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "зага́дка"
},
{
"_dis1": "92 8",
"code": "gd",
"lang": "Scottish Gaelic",
"sense": "verbal puzzle",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "dubh-fhacal"
},
{
"_dis1": "92 8",
"code": "sh",
"lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
"sense": "verbal puzzle",
"tags": [
"Cyrillic",
"feminine"
],
"word": "за̏гоне̄тка"
},
{
"_dis1": "92 8",
"code": "sh",
"lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
"sense": "verbal puzzle",
"tags": [
"Cyrillic",
"feminine"
],
"word": "енигма"
},
{
"_dis1": "92 8",
"code": "sh",
"lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
"sense": "verbal puzzle",
"tags": [
"Roman",
"feminine"
],
"word": "zȁgonētka"
},
{
"_dis1": "92 8",
"code": "sh",
"lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
"sense": "verbal puzzle",
"tags": [
"Roman",
"feminine"
],
"word": "enigma"
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"audio": "LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-riddle.wav",
"mp3_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/b/b4/LL-Q1860_%28eng%29-Vealhurl-riddle.wav/LL-Q1860_%28eng%29-Vealhurl-riddle.wav.mp3",
"ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/b/b4/LL-Q1860_%28eng%29-Vealhurl-riddle.wav/LL-Q1860_%28eng%29-Vealhurl-riddle.wav.ogg"
},
{
"rhymes": "-ɪdəl"
}
],
"word": "riddle"
}
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