addle
to make or become confused.
to make or become rotten, as eggs.
mentally confused; muddled.
rotten (def. 1): addle eggs.
Origin of addle
1Other words from addle
- ad·dled, adjective
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How to use addle in a sentence
To Richard and to Musa there were homage and flattery enough to addle wiser wits than theirs.
God Wills It! | William Stearns DavisThe 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. DavisI wonder they had not abandoned it; for a crack of light into a wren's nest would certainly addle the eggs.
Roof and Meadow | Dallas Lore SharpYou know he has nothing to recommend him but money and a ridiculous roll of addle-headed predecessors; now, don't you?
Great Expectations | Charles DickensBut says I to my eye, addle Wildenheim has two much spirit of her own to covet her neighbour's goods.
Manners, Vol 2 of 3 | Frances Brooke
British Dictionary definitions for addle (1 of 2)
/ (ˈædəl) /
to make or become confused or muddled
to make or become rotten
(in combination) indicating a confused or muddled state: addle-brained; addle-pated
Origin of addle
1British Dictionary definitions for addle (2 of 2)
/ (ˈædəl) /
Northern English dialect to earn (money or one's living)
Origin of addle
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