riddling

== English == === Etymology 1 === From Middle English redel, redels, from Old English rǣdels, rǣdelse (“counsel, opinion, imagination, riddle”). More at riddle. ==== Verb ==== riddling present participle and gerund of riddle (“to speak ambiguously or answer a question”) ==== Noun ==== riddling (plural riddlings) The posing or solving of a riddle. === Etymology 2 === From Middle English riddil, ridelle (“sieve”). More at riddle. ==== Verb ==== riddling present participle and gerund of riddle (“to sieve or fill with holes”) ==== Noun ==== riddling (plural riddlings) Material removed by riddling, or sieving. ==== Adjective ==== riddling (comparative more riddling, superlative most riddling) Enfilled with or spread throughout; permeating; pervading. === Etymology 3 === From Middle English ridlen. More at riddle. ==== Verb ==== riddling present participle and gerund of riddle (“to plait”)