Riddle

Morpheme

Riddle

Type

free base

Denotation

curtain, plaited cloth

Etymology

Middle English ridlen and ridel, ridil, ridal, riddel, redel, redil, rudel, ridele, riddil; Old French ridel; Medieval Latin ridellus, redellus, from rider; Old High German rīdan

Evidence

riddle, riddled, riddles, riddling

Doublet

Rideau

See Also

Rideau, Writhe

Homographs

Riddle, Riddle