Timeline for The use of ''riddle' in this context
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| Dec 19, 2019 at 4:40 | comment | added | Adeptus | How is he not saying "riddle means puzzle"? "The noun "riddle" is a kind of verbal puzzle, and there is a corresponding verb with the primary meaning of posing such a puzzle. ...doubts had puzzled Harry." The original quote was "doubts ... had riddled him". | |
| Dec 19, 2019 at 4:33 | comment | added | AIQ | @Adeptus Jeff wrote "Instead, the meaning is simply that doubts had puzzled Harry." Jeff did not say "riddle means puzzle". | |
| Dec 19, 2019 at 4:28 | comment | added | Adeptus | Jeff says it means "puzzle". The pertinent part of Smock's answer says it means "filled with" or "spread through", which arises from the same root meaning as "pierced" - a riddle being a sieve; being riddled with holes; being riddled with <something else>. | |
| Dec 19, 2019 at 4:19 | comment | added | AIQ | @Adeptus To me both answers are pointing out the same thing. Smock's answer just does it in a better way. Can you tell me which part in Jeff's answer is wrong? Smock's answer cover Jeff's answer too. | |
| Dec 19, 2019 at 4:16 | comment | added | Adeptus | @AIQ Is it wrong? Yes. Refer to Smock's answer which references Merriam-Webster. | |
| Dec 18, 2019 at 20:52 | comment | added | AIQ | "doubts had puzzled Harry" - this essentially means Harry is confused, which he is. Can someone explain the downvotes? I don't get how this answer is soooo outrageous to merit 3 downvotes. Since when have we started to downvote less than perfect answers? Is this answer perfect? No. Is it wrong? No. Is it partially correct and useful? Yes. If you hover over the downvote arrow, it says "this answer is not useful". It is useful. The highly upvoted answer also says this is one meaning. I honestly don't get it. But I want to hear and understand why this answer is so bad. | |
| Dec 18, 2019 at 13:29 | comment | added | BadZen | There is a reference to the idiom "riddled with doubt", which does not imply "puzzled". | |
| Dec 18, 2019 at 5:23 | history | answered | Jeff Morrow | CC BY-SA 4.0 |