riddlee
English
Noun
riddlee (plural riddlees)
- a person asked or expected to solve a riddle.
- 1976 Thomas A. Burns "Riddling: Occasion to Act" Journal of American Folklore p.162:
- The second possible action by the riddler in the event the riddlee admits to no answer is to refuse to supply the riddlee with the answer, after which he may berate the riddlee for his failure.
- 2008 Sara Klein-Braslavsky "Interpretative Riddles in Maimonides' Guide of the Perplexed" Maimonidean Studies, Vol.5 p.152 (KTAV; →ISBN):
- Because riddlees have already solved the Sammael riddle and know that the referent of Sammael is imagination, they also know the identify of the controlling factor in the riddle of the Serpent.
- 2011 Charles R. Gruner The Game of Humor: A Comprehensive Theory of Why We Laugh p.150 (Transaction; →ISBN)
- The riddler hopes and expects the riddlee to not know the answer. Since the riddlee cannot give the answer, the riddler can then supply it, thus “winning” this minuscule “contest of wit.”
- 1976 Thomas A. Burns "Riddling: Occasion to Act" Journal of American Folklore p.162:
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