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riddlee

riddlee noun: a person asked or expected to solve a riddle.

Noun

riddlee (plural riddlees)

  1. a person asked or expected to solve a riddle.
    • The second possible action by the riddler in the event the riddlee admits to no answer is to refuse to supply the riddlee with the answer, after which he may berate the riddlee for his failure.1976, Thomas A. Burns, “Riddling: Occasion to Act”, in Journal of American Folklore, page 162
    • Because riddlees have already solved the Sammael riddle and know that the referent of Sammael is imagination, they also know the identify of the controlling factor in the riddle of the Serpent.2008, Sara Klein-Braslavsky, “Interpretative Riddles in Maimonides' Guide of the Perplexed”, in Maimonidean Studies, volume 5, KTAV, →ISBN, page 152

Forms of riddlee

pluralriddlees

Origin of riddlee

* riddle + -ee

Questions about riddlee

What does riddlee mean?
Riddlee means a person asked or expected to solve a riddle.
What part of speech is riddlee?
Riddlee is a noun.
What is the plural of riddlee?
The plural of riddlee is riddlees.

Words near riddlee in the dictionary

  1. riddle sticks
  2. RIDDLE syndrome
  3. riddle wrapped in an enigma
  4. riddlebread
  5. riddled
  6. riddlee
  7. riddlees
  8. riddlelike
  9. riddlemeree
  10. riddlemerees
  11. riddler

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