unriddleableadj.

Brit.

/(ˌ)ʌnˈrɪdl̩əbl/,

/(ˌ)ʌnˈrɪdləbl/, U.S.

/ˌənˈrɪd(ə)ləb(ə)l/

Forms: 1600s 1900s– unriddleable, 1900s– unriddlable.

Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: un- prefix¹, riddle v.², -able suffix.

Etymology: < un- prefix¹ + riddle v.² + -able suffix.Re-formed in the 20th cent.

Of a mystery, etc.: unsolvable.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > attention and judgement > testing > resolving of problem, solution > [adjective] > incapable of being solved

insoluble1393

unresolvable1604

inextricable1613

indissolvable1637

unriddleable1647

irresolvable1660

unsolvible1664

insolvable1693

unsolvable1821

hen-and-egg1855

indissoluble1868

irresoluble1868

1647 J. Evelyn Let. 6 Dec. in Diary & Corr. (1859) III. 6 Things were never more unriddleable than at this instant of time.

a1675 J. Lightfoot Wks. (1684) II. 1246 These difficulties..in Scripture..are not unriddleable riddles, and tyring-irons never to be untied, but [etc.].

1956 Midwest Folklore 6 72 Some of these, permitting a criminal to go free if he can make up an unriddlable riddle, have been classified as ‘neck riddles’ by Archer Taylor.

1980 Boundary 2 8 4 An unriddleable riddle.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2014; most recently modified version published online December 2021).

单词	unriddleable
释义	unriddleableadj. Brit. /(ˌ)ʌnˈrɪdl̩əbl/, /(ˌ)ʌnˈrɪdləbl/, U.S. /ˌənˈrɪd(ə)ləb(ə)l/ Forms: 1600s 1900s– unriddleable, 1900s– unriddlable. Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: un- prefix¹, riddle v.², -able suffix. Etymology: < un- prefix¹ + riddle v.² + -able suffix.Re-formed in the 20th cent. Of a mystery, etc.: unsolvable. ΘΚΠ the mind > attention and judgement > testing > resolving of problem, solution > [adjective] > incapable of being solved insoluble1393 unresolvable1604 inextricable1613 indissolvable1637 unriddleable1647 irresolvable1660 unsolvible1664 insolvable1693 unsolvable1821 hen-and-egg1855 indissoluble1868 irresoluble1868 1647 J. Evelyn Let. 6 Dec. in Diary & Corr. (1859) III. 6 Things were never more unriddleable than at this instant of time. a1675 J. Lightfoot Wks. (1684) II. 1246 These difficulties..in Scripture..are not unriddleable riddles, and tyring-irons never to be untied, but [etc.]. 1956 Midwest Folklore 6 72 Some of these, permitting a criminal to go free if he can make up an unriddlable riddle, have been classified as ‘neck riddles’ by Archer Taylor. 1980 Boundary 2 8 4 An unriddleable riddle. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2014; most recently modified version published online December 2021). < adj.1647
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