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brainteasing

adj

Etymology

From brain + teasing.

  1. inherited from *taisijan✻ — “to separate, tug, shred”
  2. inherited from tǣsan — “to tease”
  3. inherited from tesen
  4. formed as teasing — “tease + -ing”
  5. compounded as brainteasing — “brain + teasing”

Definitions

  1. Puzzling

    Puzzling; mentally challenging.

    • a brainteasing riddle

The neighborhood

Vish — recursive loop

No curated loop yet for brainteasing. Loops are being traced one word at a time while the ingestion pipeline matures.

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