Definitions
set a difficult problem or riddle
Word origin
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”). Cognate with Dutch raadsel, German Rätsel.
Used in a sentence
“Here's a riddle: It's black, and white, and red all over. What is it?”
“To wring from me and tell to them my ſecret, / That ſolv'd the riddle which I had propos'd.”
“I'm a riddle so strong, you can't break me”
Source: Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0
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