† griphn.

Forms: In 1600s gryphe; also in Latin form griphus.

Etymology: < Latin grīphus, < Greek γρῖϕος fishing-basket, creel; dark saying, riddle. Compare French griphe.

Obsolete.

A puzzling question; a riddle, enigma.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > mental capacity > knowledge > secrecy, concealment > a profound secret, mystery > puzzle, enigma, riddle > [noun]

riddleOE

purposec1350

problema1382

propositiona1382

conclusion1393

divinailc1430

opposal?a1439

riddling?c1475

wordc1480

why1532

dark, hard sentence1535

enigma1539

remblere1599

puzzlement1646

gripha1652

puzzler1651

riddlemy riddlemy1652

puzzle1655

crux1718

teaser1759

puzzleation1767

conundrum1790

poser1793

riddle-me-ree1805

stumper1807

tickler1825

sticker1849

brain-teaser1850

grueller1856

question mark1870

brain-twister1878

skull-buster1926

mind-bender1968

a1652 J. Smith Select Disc. (1660) iv. ii. 67 That old Gryphe or Riddle of the Peripatetic School.

a1670 J. Hacket Scrinia Reserata (1693) ii. 132 No Law or Practice directs the Subject to bring such Gryphes and Oracles, but plain, litteral, grammatical Notions of Libels to a Justice of Peace.

1678 R. Cudworth True Intellect. Syst. Universe i. iv. 388 That seemingly monstrous Paradox or puzzling Griphus of theirs [sc. the Pythagoreans], that Numbers were the Causes and Principles of all things.

1796 S. Pegge Anonymiana (1809) 418 A griphus or ænigma adduced by Tollius in his edition of Ausonius.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1900; most recently modified version published online December 2020).

单词	griph
释义	† griphn. Forms: In 1600s gryphe; also in Latin form griphus. Etymology: < Latin grīphus, < Greek γρῖϕος fishing-basket, creel; dark saying, riddle. Compare French griphe. Obsolete. A puzzling question; a riddle, enigma. ΘΚΠ the mind > mental capacity > knowledge > secrecy, concealment > a profound secret, mystery > puzzle, enigma, riddle > [noun] riddleOE purposec1350 problema1382 propositiona1382 conclusion1393 divinailc1430 opposal?a1439 riddling?c1475 wordc1480 why1532 dark, hard sentence1535 enigma1539 remblere1599 puzzlement1646 gripha1652 puzzler1651 riddlemy riddlemy1652 puzzle1655 crux1718 teaser1759 puzzleation1767 conundrum1790 poser1793 riddle-me-ree1805 stumper1807 tickler1825 sticker1849 brain-teaser1850 grueller1856 question mark1870 brain-twister1878 skull-buster1926 mind-bender1968 a1652 J. Smith Select Disc. (1660) iv. ii. 67 That old Gryphe or Riddle of the Peripatetic School. a1670 J. Hacket Scrinia Reserata (1693) ii. 132 No Law or Practice directs the Subject to bring such Gryphes and Oracles, but plain, litteral, grammatical Notions of Libels to a Justice of Peace. 1678 R. Cudworth True Intellect. Syst. Universe i. iv. 388 That seemingly monstrous Paradox or puzzling Griphus of theirs [sc. the Pythagoreans], that Numbers were the Causes and Principles of all things. 1796 S. Pegge Anonymiana (1809) 418 A griphus or ænigma adduced by Tollius in his edition of Ausonius. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1900; most recently modified version published online December 2020). < n.a1652
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