Meaning

2 senses

  1. An unwise or intellectually impaired person.

  2. (obsolete)Liquid filth; mire.

Examples

2 sentences

  1. I'm old, but my brain is not that addled yet.

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  2. The fumes of the wine were mounting steadily to addle his indifferent brains.

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Origin

From Middle English adel (“rotten”), from Old English adel, adela (“mire, pool, liquid exc

From Middle English adel (“rotten”), from Old English adel, adela (“mire, pool, liquid excrement”), from Proto-West Germanic *adal, from Proto-Germanic *adalaz, *adalô (“cattle urine, liquid manure”).

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Forms

plural: addles
Singularaddle
Pluraladdles

regular

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
additionalA2additionallyB2additiveC2addressA1addresseeB1ade
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