Wednesday, December 19, 2018

word - A Riddle of Considerable Magnitude




I am a quite enormous space
And ten of me's the farthest place.
Two of those may place the bait
And ten times more stands tall and straight.



The answer is a single English word.



Answer



I think you are ...



... vast.




The magnitudes in the riddle ...



... refer to Roman numerals. Each line describes a word that is obtained by taking the Roman digit value of the previous word's first letter and applying the multiplication to that letter. The last value must be 200 times the first value, which can only work by going from V to M via L and C.



I am a quite enormous space



5 = V: A vast space is immense.



And ten of me's the farthest place.




10 × V = L: The last thing comes after everything else.



Two of those may place the bait



2 × L = C: anglers cast their lines to set the bait.



And ten times more stands tall and straight.



10 × C = M: A mast is a tall, upright structure.




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