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Addle Definition And Meaning
What's The Definition Of Addle? [v] mix up or confuse; "He muddled the issues" [v] become rotten; of eggs Synonyms \| Synonyms for Addle: muddle \| puddle Related Terms \| Find terms related to Addle: addle the wits \| amaze \| astound \| baffle \| ball up \| bamboozle \| beat \| becloud \| bedazzle \| befuddle \| bemuse \| besot \| bewilder \| boggle \| bother \| buffalo \| bug \| cloud \| confound \| confuse \| daze \| dazzle \| discombobulate \| discomfit \| discompose \| disconcert \| disorganize \| disorient \| distract \| disturb \| dumbfound \| embarrass \| entangle \| flabbergast \| floor \| flummox \| flurry \| fluster \| flutter \| fog \| fuddle \| fuss \| get \| inebriate \| intoxicate \| keep in suspense \| lick \| maze \| mist \| mix up \| moider \| muddle \| mystify \| nonplus \| perplex \| perturb \| pother \| put out \| puzzle \| raise hell \| rattle \| ruffle \| stick \| stump \| throw \| throw into confusion \| throw off \| unsettle \| upset See Also \| confuse \| go bad \| jumble \| mix up \| spoil Addle In Webster's Dictionary \Ad"dle\, n. [OE. adel, AS. adela, mud.] 1. Liquid filth; mire. [Obs.] 2. Lees; dregs. [Prov. Eng.] --Wright. \Ad"dle\, a. Having lost the power of development, and become rotten, as eggs; putrid. Hence: Unfruitful or confused, as brains; muddled. --Dryden. \Ad"dle\, v. t. & i. [imp. & p. p. {Addled}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Addling}.] To make addle; to grow addle; to muddle; as, he addled his brain. ``Their eggs were addled.'' --Cowper. \Ad"dle\, v. t. & i. [OE. adlen, adilen, to gain, acquire; prob. fr. Icel. ["o][eth]lask to acquire property, akin to o[eth]al property. Cf. {Allodial}.] 1. To earn by labor. [Prov. Eng.] --Forby. 2. To thrive or grow; to ripen. [Prov. Eng.] Kill ivy, else tree will addle no more. --Tusser.

Addle Definition And Meaning

What's The Definition Of Addle?

[v] mix up or confuse; "He muddled the issues"
[v] become rotten; of eggs

Synonyms | Synonyms for Addle: muddle | puddle

Addle In Webster's Dictionary

\Ad"dle\, n. [OE. adel, AS. adela, mud.]
1. Liquid filth; mire. [Obs.]

2. Lees; dregs. [Prov. Eng.] --Wright.


\Ad"dle\, a.
Having lost the power of development, and become rotten, as
eggs; putrid. Hence: Unfruitful or confused, as brains;
muddled. --Dryden.


\Ad"dle\, v. t. & i. [imp. & p. p. {Addled}; p. pr. & vb.
n. {Addling}.]
To make addle; to grow addle; to muddle; as, he addled his
brain. ``Their eggs were addled.'' --Cowper.


\Ad"dle\, v. t. & i. [OE. adlen, adilen, to gain, acquire;
prob. fr. Icel. ["o][eth]lask to acquire property, akin to
o[eth]al property. Cf. {Allodial}.]
1. To earn by labor. [Prov. Eng.] --Forby.

2. To thrive or grow; to ripen. [Prov. Eng.]

         Kill ivy, else tree will addle no more. --Tusser.

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