riddling adjective 1noun 2forms 3 adjective1 •Enfilled with or spread throughout; permeating; pervading.O perplex'd discomposition, O ridling distemper, O miserable condition of Man. — 1624 noun2 •The posing or solving of a riddle. •Material removed by riddling, or sieving.The good grain is riddled by hand into a heap at a convenient part of the barn, and the riddlings are thrown among the stuff which descends to the floor through the other spout. — 1832 formsriddlings · more riddling · most riddling