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ˌriddlemeˈree, riddle-me-ree
1. A fanciful variant of the phrases riddle me a riddle, riddle my riddle, etc. (See riddle v.1 2.)
1710Addison Whig Examiner No. 1 ⁋3 Riddle my ree, what is this? c1730Royal Remarks 50 They argued it upon it in the familiar Phrase of Riddle my Riddle my Ree [etc.].
2. Rigmarole; nonsense.
1736tr. Ruggle's Ignoramus i. 10 It is, as the Law says,—in Nubibus—'tis riddle me re—'tis something, and nothing. 1785European Mag. VIII. 463 By this quaint riddle-me-ree, I suppose it is meant that [etc.]. 1806T. S. Surr Winter in Lond. III. 233 Pray, Lady Roseville, what riddle-me-ree is this? 1818Keats Wks. (1889) III. p. cxxxvii, Not omitting..any little choice conversation or riddle-me-ree between him and his nursery maid. 1848Blackw. Mag. Oct. 461 Her style is all riddle-ma-ree.
So † riddlemy riddlemy. Obs. rare—1.
1641Brome Joviall Crew i. Wks. 1873 III. 353, I would be drunk A thousand times to bed, rather then dream Of any of their Riddlemy Riddlemies. |