devinette — meaning in English

English meaning

• puzzle verb To confuse or mystify someone.
• riddle noun A question or statement phrased puzzlingly, meant to be solved for fun or as a test of wit.

Senses

devinette is used for these senses in English:

• puzzle A riddle.
• riddle A verbal puzzle, mystery, or other problem of an intellectual nature.

puzzle — full definition

1. verb To confuse or mystify someone.
2. verb To think hard about something confusing in order to work it out.
3. noun A game, toy, or problem designed to test ingenuity or knowledge.

riddle — full definition

1. noun A question or statement phrased puzzlingly, meant to be solved for fun or as a test of wit.
2. noun A coarse sieve used to separate finer material from coarser material, such as sifting gravel from sand.
3. verb To pierce something with many holes, or to fill it thoroughly with something, often something damaging.

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