-pated

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a combining form of pate: addlepated.

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Words nearby -pated

patchwork, patchy, patd., pat-down, pate, -pated, pâté de foie gras, pâte de verre, pâte dure, patella, patellar fossa of vitreous

How to use -pated in a sentence

The cavalier was a thick-pated, one-eyed old warrior, who had a life of hard fighting and foul living written all over his face.
God Wills It!|William Stearns Davis
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.
The Iron Puddler|James J. Davis
At a wedding you will always see a picture of white-bearded and shiny-pated Fukoruku Jin.
Japanese Fairy World|William Elliot Griffis
So I told Kadrab to say nothing of this, but the idle-pated fellow blabbed it over the city, and it came to the ears of Goorelka.
The Shaving of Shagpat, Complete|George Meredith

Till his small eyes sparkled with laughter, he looked a mere dull-pated clodpole.
Old and New London|Walter Thornbury