Riddle Define Oxford. Its a technical word referring to the lung disease more commonly known as silicosis. Riddle1 ˈridl n.
A question that is difficult to understand and that has a surprising answer that you ask somebody as a game. To be full of something especially something bad or unpleasant His body was riddled with cancer. Stop talking in riddles saying things that are confusingsay what you mean.
The woods are riddled with rabbit holes.
Be good at solving something. The woods are riddled with rabbit holes. Shorter answers every other question with a riddle and punctuates his conversation with statements such as The only constant is change. Be riddled with something.