Meaning

1 senses
  1. (colloquial)A foolish or dull-witted person.

More definitions
  • a person with confused ideas; incapable of serious thought

Origin

From addle + head.

From addle + head.

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Forms

plural: addleheads
Singularaddlehead
Pluraladdleheads

regular

Synonyms

3 synonyms
Close in meaning
  • a person with confused ideas; incapable of serious thought:addle-headloonbirdbrain

See also

neighbours in the dictionary

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