RIDDLE CANON

Meaning of RIDDLE CANON in English

noun

Etymology: riddle (I)

: a musical canon especially popular in the 15th and 16th centuries in which the entrances of the successive parts were indicated by monograms, symbols, or other cabalistic devices — called also enigma canon

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CAÑON — [H] n canyon, cañon
Interlingua English vocab
CANON — (a law) canon (-isar, -ic); (person) canonico
English interlingue dictionary
RIDDLE — Deliberately enigmatic or ambiguous question requiring a thoughtful and often witty answer. The riddle is a form of guessing game …
Английский словарь Британика
RIDDLE — I. ˈrid ə l noun ( -s ) Etymology: Middle English redels, redel, ridel, from Old English rǣdels, rǣdelse opinion, …
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CANON — I. can·on ˈkanən noun ( -s ) Usage: often capitalized Etymology: Middle English canoun, canon, from Old English & Old …
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RIDDLE — (v. t.) To perforate so as to make like a riddle; to make many holes in; as, a house riddled …
Английский словарь Webster
RIDDLE — (v. t.) To separate, as grain from the chaff, with a riddle; to pass through a riddle; as, riddle wheat; …
Английский словарь Webster
CANON — (n.) The collection of books received as genuine Holy Scriptures, called the sacred canon, or general rule of moral and …
Английский словарь Webster
RIDDLE — ( v. t. ) To separate, as grain from the chaff, with a riddle; to pass through a riddle; as, …
Webster's Revised Unabridged English Dictionary
RIDDLE — ( v. t. ) To perforate so as to make like a riddle; to make many holes in; as, a …
Webster's Revised Unabridged English Dictionary
CANON — ( n. ) The collection of books received as genuine Holy Scriptures, called the sacred canon, or general rule of …
Webster's Revised Unabridged English Dictionary
RIDDLE — riddle 1 /rid"l/ , n. , v. , riddled, riddling . n. 1. a question or statement so framed as …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
CANON — canon 1 — canonlike , adj. /kan"euhn/ , n. 1. an ecclesiastical rule or law enacted by a council or …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
RIDDLE — I. ˈri-d ə l noun Etymology: Middle English redels, ridel, from Old English rǣdelse opinion, conjecture, riddle; akin to Old …
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
CANON — I. ˈka-nən noun Etymology: Middle English, from Old English, from Late Latin, from Latin, ruler, rule, model, standard, from Greek …
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
RIDDLE — vi to speak ambiguously or enigmatically. 2. riddle ·noun a board having a row of pins, set zigzag, between which …
Webster English vocab
CANON — noun a law or rule. 2. canon ·noun ·see carom. 3. canon ·noun in monasteries, a book containing the rules …
Webster English vocab
RIDDLE — [rid.dle] n [ME redels, ridel, fr. OE raedelse opinion, conjecture, riddle; akin to OE raedan to interpret--more at read] (bef. …
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CANON — [can.on] n [ME, fr. OE, fr. LL, fr. L, ruler, rule, model, standard, fr. Gk kanon] (bef. 12c) 1 a: …
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RIDDLE — deliberately enigmatic or ambiguous question requiring a thoughtful and often witty answer. The riddle is a form of guessing game …
Britannica English vocabulary
CANON — musical form and compositional technique, based on the principle of strict imitation, in which an initial melody is imitated at …
Britannica English vocabulary
CAÑON — cañon BrE AmE ˈkæn jən —American Spanish cañón [ ka ˈɲon ] ▷ cañon|s z
Longman Pronunciation English Dictionary
CANON — canon, Canon BrE AmE ˈkæn ən (= cannon) ▷ canon|s z ▶ ˌ canon ˈ law BrE AmE
Longman Pronunciation English Dictionary
RIDDLE — / ˈrɪdl; NAmE / noun , verb ■ noun 1. a question that is difficult to understand, and that has …
Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
CANON — / ˈkænən; NAmE / noun 1. a Christian priest with special duties in a cathedral 2. ( formal ) a …
Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
RIDDLE — I. rid ‧ dle 1 /ˈrɪdl/ BrE AmE noun [countable] [ Language: Old English ; Origin: rædelse 'opinion, guess, riddle' …
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
CANON — can ‧ on /ˈkænən/ BrE AmE noun [countable] [ Sense 1: Date: 1100-1200 ; Language: Anglo-French ; Origin: canunie , …
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
CANON — Canon BrE AmE trademark a ↑ brand (=type) of camera and other electronic equipment such as ↑ photocopier s made …
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
RIDDLE — v. & n. --v.tr. (usu. foll. by with) 1 make many holes in, esp. with gunshot. 2 (in passive) fill; …
Английский основной разговорный словарь
RIDDLE — n. & v. --n. 1 a question or statement testing ingenuity in divining its answer or meaning. 2 a puzzling …
Английский основной разговорный словарь
CANON — n. 1 a a general law, rule, principle, or criterion. b a church decree or law. 2 (fem. canoness) a …
Английский основной разговорный словарь
RIDDLE — v. & n. v.tr. (usu. foll. by with) 1 make many holes in, esp. with gunshot. 2 (in passive) fill; …
Concise Oxford English Dictionary
RIDDLE — n. & v. n. 1 a question or statement testing ingenuity in divining its answer or meaning. 2 a puzzling …
Concise Oxford English Dictionary
CANON — n. 1 a a general law, rule, principle, or criterion. b a church decree or law. 2 (fem. canoness) a …
Concise Oxford English Dictionary
RIDDLE — 1. n. & v. --n. 1. a question or statement testing ingenuity in divining its answer or meaning. 2 a …
Oxford English vocab
CANON — n.1 a a general law, rule, principle, or criterion. b a church decree or law. 2 (fem. canoness) a a …
Oxford English vocab
RIDDLE — ( riddles, riddling, riddled) 1. A riddle is a puzzle or joke in which you ask a question that seems …
Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
CANON — ( canons) 1. A canon is a member of the clergy who is on the staff of a cathedral. N-COUNT …
Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
RIDDLE — I. noun COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES solve a riddle ▪ They still haven't really solved the riddle of how the …
Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
CANON — noun COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES canon law COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS ■ ADJECTIVE literary ▪ Our literary canons have largely been …
Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
RIDDLE — n. Deliberately enigmatic or ambiguous question requiring a thoughtful and often witty answer. The riddle is a form of guessing …
Britannica Concise Encyclopedia
RIDDLE — Noun. An act of urination. A shortening of 'jimmy riddle', the rhyming slang for 'piddle'. Cf. 'widdle' and 'piddle'.
Slang English vocab
RIDDLE — n. 25B6; noun an answer to the riddle : PUZZLE, conundrum, brain-teaser, (unsolved) problem, question, poser, enigma, mystery; informal stumper.
Concise Oxford Thesaurus English vocabulary
CANON — n. 25B6; noun a canon assists the bishop : PREBENDARY, minor canon.
Concise Oxford Thesaurus English vocabulary
CANON — n. 25B6; noun the canons of fair play and equal opportunity : PRINCIPLE, rule, law, tenet, precept; standard, convention, criterion, …
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RIDDLE — v. 1 perforate, pepper, puncture, pierce, honeycomb The back of the bookcase was riddled with tiny worm-holes 2 penetrate, infest, …
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CANON — canon
Англо-Староанглийский словарь
RIDDLE — I 1. сущ. загадка; трудная проблема There is no clear solution to this riddle. ≈ Нет ясного решения этой загадки. …
Большой Англо-Русский словарь
CANON — I сущ. 1) церк. правило, закон, канон, предписание canon law ≈ каноническое право A priest is expressly forbidden by the …
Большой Англо-Русский словарь
RIDDLE — riddle.ogg _I 1. ʹrıdl n 1. загадка to solve a riddle - отгадать загадку to talk in riddles - говорить …
Англо-Русско-Английский словарь общей лексики - Сборник из лучших словарей
CANON — canon.ogg _I ʹkænən n 1. правило, предписание; закон, канон canons of taste - каноны /предписания/ хорошего вкуса ethical canon - …
Англо-Русско-Английский словарь общей лексики - Сборник из лучших словарей
RIDDLE — riddle I 1. сущ.загадка; трудная проблема There is no clear solution to this riddle. — Нет ясного решения этой загадки. …
Англо-Русский словарь Tiger
CANON — I canon сущ.1) церк. правило, закон, канон, предписание canon law — каноническое право A priest is expressly forbidden by the …
Англо-Русский словарь Tiger
RIDDLE — _I 1. ʹrıdl n 1. загадка to solve a riddle - отгадать загадку to talk in riddles - говорить загадками …
Большой новый Англо-Русский словарь
CANON — _I ʹkænən n 1. правило, предписание; закон, канон canons of taste - каноны /предписания/ хорошего вкуса ethical canon - нравственный …
Большой новый Англо-Русский словарь
RIDDLE — I 1. сущ. загадка; трудная проблема There is no clear solution to this riddle. — Нет ясного решения этой загадки. …
Англо-Русский словарь по общей лексике
CANON — I ˈkænən сущ. 1) церк. правило, закон, канон, предписание canon law — каноническое право A priest is expressly forbidden by …
Англо-Русский словарь по общей лексике
RIDDLE — I 1. сущ. загадка; трудная проблема There is no clear solution to this riddle. — Нет ясного решения этой загадки. Syn: puzzle, mystery 2. гл. 1) а) говорить …
Англо-Русский словарь общей лексики
CANON — I ['°‡†] canon.wav сущ. 1) церк. правило, закон, канон, предписание canon law — каноническое право A priest is expressly forbidden by the canons to …
Англо-Русский словарь общей лексики
RIDDLE — I 1. сущ. загадка; трудная проблема There is no clear solution to this riddle. ≈ Нет ясного решения этой загадки. …
Новый большой Англо-Русский словарь
CANON — I сущ. 1) церк. правило, закон, канон, предписание canon law ≈ каноническое право A priest is expressly forbidden by the …
Новый большой Англо-Русский словарь

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