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▪ I. ˈriddled, ppl. a.1 rare.
[f. riddle v.1 + -ed1.]
Made enigmatical.
c1586C'tess Pembroke Ps. xlix. i, I will..ridled speech to tuned harp accord. 1918G. Frankau One of Them x. 76 ‘À vous le plein, Madame.’ Keen brains unravel The riddled sum. ‘Deux louis—soizante-dix [sic].’
▪ II. ˈriddled, ppl. a.2
[f. riddle v.2]
1. Passed through a riddle; sifted, winnowed.
1844H. Stephens Bk. Farm II. 273 While the unwinnowed heap is becoming less,..the riddled one increases in bulk. 1891Times 5 Oct. 4/4 Slacks can be bought at 5s. 6d. to 6s. 6d...and ordinary riddled nuts at 8s...per ton.
2. Pierced with holes, as by bullets; shattered.
1862Index 25 Sept., He bore aloft the riddled flag of the 3rd Alabama. 1871Daily News 14 Aug., The world at large associates it with long runs, riddled wickets [etc.].
▪ III. riddled
variant of rideled a. Obs. |