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verb (used with object), verb (used without object)
1.
to make or become confused.
2.
to make or become rotten, as eggs.
adjective
3.
mentally confused; muddled.
4.
rotten: addle eggs.
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Addled
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Origin:
before 1000; Middle English adel rotten, Old English adela liquid, filth; cognate with Middle Low German adele liquid manure
before 1000; Middle English adel rotten, Old English adela liquid, filth; cognate with Middle Low German adele liquid manure
Related forms
un·ad·dled, adjective
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- On some accounts, it has simply addled their brains, destroying their powers of concentration forever by dint of distraction.
- Or, it might bounce off the students social-networking addled minds.
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| addled | |
adjective | |
| 1. | (of eggs) no longer edible; "an addled egg" |
| 2. | confused and vague; used especially of thinking; "muddleheaded ideas"; "your addled little brain"; "woolly thinking"; "woolly-headed ideas" |
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