unriddler

[English unriddl (e); -er.] One who unriddles; one who solves or explains a riddle or mystery. "Ye safe unriddlers of the stars." Love lace: Lucasta ; To Mr. E. R. *ŭn-ride-a-ble, a . [Pref. un- (1), and English rideable .] Not able or fit to be ridden over or on; not fit for riding over or on. "The country, it was said, being unrideable all day."Field, Dec. 19, 1885. *ŭn-ride-a-bly, adv . [Eng. unrideab ( le ); -ly .] So as not to be rideable. "Bought him for half his value as unrideably vicious." -C. Kingsley: Yeast , ch. i. *un-ri-dic-u-lous, a . [Pref. un- (1), and Eng. ridiculous .] Not ridiculous; not exciting ridicule. "If an indifferent and unridiculous object could draw this austerene into a smile." -Browne: Vulgar Errors, bk. vii., ch. xvi. un-ri-fled (le as el), a. [Pref. un- (1), and Eng. rifted.] Not rifled, not robbed, not plundered. "They cannot longer dwell upon the estate, but that remains unrifled ." - Bp. Taylor : Sermons , vol. i., ser. 19. ŭn-rig', v. t. [Pref. un- (2), and Eng. rig , v.] 1. Naut.: To remove the rigging from; to strip of rigging or tackle. "We instantly unrigged and dismasted the ships."Burke: On the Policy of the Allies. (1793.) *2. To deprive of clothing; to strip, to plunder. "Lest he should be stolen, or unrigg'd as Mars was." Dryden: Juvenal, xiv. (Note 24.) un-rigged, a . [Pref. un- (1), and Eng. rigged .] Deprived of the rigging; without rigging. "Still unrigg'd his shatter'd ve els lie." Pitt : Virgil's Æneid , iv. chin , bench ; go, gem ; thin, this; 2. Not fully prepared or matured; as, an unripe scheme. *3. Not seasonable; not yet proper or suitable. "Resolved his unripe vengeance to defer." Dryden: Sigismonda and Guiscardo , 254. *4. Too early; premature. "Dorilaus, whose unripe death doth yet, so many years since, draw tears from virtuous eyes."-Sidney. un-rip-ened, a . [Pref. un- (1), and Eng. ripened.] Not ripened; not ripe; not matured. "Thou knowest the errors of unripened age." Pope : Homer's Iliad , xxiii. 671. ŭn-ripe'-ne , subst . [Eng. unripe ; -ne .] The quality or state of being unripe; absence of ripene ; immaturity, unreasonablene . ( Bacon : E ays; Of Delays .) *ŭn-rip'-pled (le as el), adj . [Prof. un- (1), and English rippled .] Not rippled; free from ripples; smooth. "But it was unrippled as gla may be." Byron: Siege of Corinth , xix. *un-ri-val-a-ble, a . [Pref. un- (1); Eng. rival, and suff. -able .] Incapable of being rivaled; inimitable. "The present unique, unrivaled, and unrivalable production."- Southey: Doctor, ch. i., A. 1. ŭn-ri-valed, a . [Pref. un- (1), and Eng. rivaled .] 1. Not rivaled; having no rival or competitor. 2. Having no equal; unequaled, peerle . "His own claims were unrivaled ." Macaulay : Hist. Eng ., ch. xiv.