riddle
/ˈɹɪdəl/ nom B2En français : devinaille, devinette, énigme
- A verbal puzzle, mystery, or other problem of an intellectual nature. · Here's a riddle: It's black, and white, and red all over. What is it?
- An ancient verbal, poetic, or literary form, in which, rather than a rhyme scheme, there are parallel opposing expressions with a hidden meaning.
Pluriel riddles
Dans la bibliothèque
“I’m glad they’ve begun asking riddles.—I believe I can guess that,” she added aloud.
“Have you guessed the riddle yet?” the Hatter said, turning to Alice again.
“I think you might do something better with the time,” she said, “than waste it in asking riddles that have no answers.”
“Yes, yes,” replied Dantès eagerly; “I would beg of you, who see so completely to the depths of things, and to whom the greatest mystery seems but an easy riddle, to explain to me how it was that I underwent no second examination, was never brought to trial, and, above all, was condemned without ever having had sentence passed on me?”
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