Etymology

riddler

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Today it means: One who asks riddles; a puzzler. Full definition →

English riddle ← Middle English redel ← Old English rǣdels
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riddler · noun1

  1. Proto-Germanic*rēdaną
  2. Proto-West Germanic*rādan
  3. Proto-West Germanic*rādislī
  4. Old Englishrǣdels
  5. Middle Englishredelsbf.
  6. Middle Englishredel
  7. Englishriddle
  8. English todayriddler

From riddle (“to puzzle verbally”) + -er.

riddler · noun2

  1. Old Englishhriddel
  2. Middle Englishriddil /ridelle
  3. Englishriddle
  4. English todayriddler

From riddle (“to sieve”) + -er.

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