addled

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ad·dle

[ad-l] verb, ad·dled, ad·dling, adjective
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 is always a great word to know.
So is doohickey. Does it mean:
a screen or mat covered with a dark material for shielding a camera lens from excess light or glare.
a gadget; dingus; thingumbob.

Origin:
before 1000; Middle English adel rotten, Old English adela liquid, filth; cognate with Middle Low German adele liquid manure

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.
WordNet
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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