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addle
[ ad-l ]
verb (used with or without object)
- to make or become confused.
- to make or become rotten, as eggs.
adjective
- mentally confused; muddled.
addle eggs.
addle
1/ ˈædəl /
verb
- dialect.to earn (money or one's living)
addle
2/ ˈædəl /
verb
- to make or become confused or muddled
- to make or become rotten
adjective
- in combination indicating a confused or muddled state
addle-pated
addle-brained
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- ad·dled adjective
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Word History and Origins
Origin of addle1
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Origin of addle1
Origin of addle2
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Example Sentences
To Richard and to Musa there were homage and flattery enough to addle wiser wits than theirs.
The fact was that there may have been an addle-pated Red among the mill hands of that time, but if there was I had never met him.
I wonder they had not abandoned it; for a crack of light into a wren's nest would certainly addle the eggs.
You know he has nothing to recommend him but money and a ridiculous roll of addle-headed predecessors; now, don't you?
But says I to my eye, Addle Wildenheim has two much spirit of her own to covet her neighbour's goods.
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