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addlepated

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ad⋅dle⋅pat⋅ed

  [ad-l-pey-tid]
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–adjective
addlebrained.
Origin:
1620–30; addle + pate + -ed 3
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ad·dle·pat·ed   (ād'l-pā'tĭd)   
adj.  

  1. Befuddled; confused.

  2. Eccentric; peculiar: "[Her] estates . . . are odes to addlepated excess, a melange of priceless antiques and thrift-store horrors" (Michelle Green).

  3. Senseless; mad: "led the addlepated charge of the Light Brigade at Balaclava" (Thomas Flanagan).

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