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单词 unriddleable
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unriddleableadj.

Brit. /(ˌ)ʌnˈrɪdl̩əbl/, /(ˌ)ʌnˈrɪdləbl/, U.S. /ˌənˈrɪd(ə)ləb(ə)l/
Forms: 1600s 1900s– unriddleable, 1900s– unriddlable.
Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: un- prefix1, riddle v.2, -able suffix.
Etymology: < un- prefix1 + riddle v.2 + -able suffix.Re-formed in the 20th cent.
Of a mystery, etc.: unsolvable.
ΘΚΠ
the mind > attention and judgement > testing > resolving of problem, solution > [adjective] > incapable of being solved
insoluble1393
unresolvable1604
inextricable1613
indissolvable1637
unriddleable1647
irresolvable1660
unsolvible1664
insolvable1693
unsolvable1821
hen-and-egg1855
indissoluble1868
irresoluble1868
1647 J. Evelyn Let. 6 Dec. in Diary & Corr. (1859) III. 6 Things were never more unriddleable than at this instant of time.
a1675 J. Lightfoot Wks. (1684) II. 1246 These difficulties..in Scripture..are not unriddleable riddles, and tyring-irons never to be untied, but [etc.].
1956 Midwest Folklore 6 72 Some of these, permitting a criminal to go free if he can make up an unriddlable riddle, have been classified as ‘neck riddles’ by Archer Taylor.
1980 Boundary 2 8 4 An unriddleable riddle.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2014; most recently modified version published online December 2021).
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