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==Etymology==
==Etymology==
[https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=English#ca._1100-1500_.09THE_MIDDLE_ENGLISH_PERIOD Middle English] redels, ridel, from [https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=English#ca._600-1100.09THE_OLD_ENGLISH.2C_OR_ANGLO-SAXON_PERIOD Old English] rǣdelse [[opinion]], conjecture, riddle; akin to Old English rǣdan to [[interpret]] — more at [[read]]
[https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=English#ca._1100-1500_.09THE_MIDDLE_ENGLISH_PERIOD Middle English] redels, ridel, from [https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=English#ca._600-1100.09THE_OLD_ENGLISH.2C_OR_ANGLO-SAXON_PERIOD Old English] rǣdelse [[opinion]], conjecture, riddle; akin to Old English rǣdan to [[interpret]] — more at [[read]]
*Date: before [http://www.wikipedia.org/wiki/12th_Century 12th century]
*Date: before [https://www.wikipedia.org/wiki/12th_Century 12th century]
==Definitions==
==Definitions==
*1 : a mystifying, misleading, or puzzling question posed as a [[problem]] to be solved or guessed : conundrum, [[enigma]]
*1 : a mystifying, misleading, or puzzling question posed as a [[problem]] to be solved or guessed : conundrum, [[enigma]]
*see [[mystery]] and [[enigma]]
*see [[mystery]] and [[enigma]]
==Description==
==Description==
A '''riddle''' is a [[statement]] or question or phrase having a double or veiled [[meaning]], put forth as a puzzle to be solved. Riddles are of two types: [[enigmas]], which are problems generally [[expressed]] in [[metaphorical]] or allegorical [[language]] that require ingenuity and careful [[thinking]] for their solution, and conundrums, which are questions relying for their [[effects]] on punning in either the question or the answer. Example: Hate is like a desert, you never know when it's going to break.[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Riddle]
A '''riddle''' is a [[statement]] or question or phrase having a double or veiled [[meaning]], put forth as a puzzle to be solved. Riddles are of two types: [[enigmas]], which are problems generally [[expressed]] in [[metaphorical]] or allegorical [[language]] that require ingenuity and careful [[thinking]] for their solution, and conundrums, which are questions relying for their [[effects]] on punning in either the question or the answer. Example: Hate is like a desert, you never know when it's going to break.[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Riddle]
[[Category: Languages and Literature]]
[[Category: Languages and Literature]]