Addle

[Ad·dle]

Addle is a verb meaning to confuse. When your great uncle Marvin became infirm in his later years, trying to distinguish between you and your cousins tended to addle his brain.

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Liquid filth; mire.

Verb
become rotten; "addled eggs"

Verb
mix up or confuse; "He muddled the issues"

n.
Liquid filth; mire.

n.
Lees; dregs.

a.
Having lost the power of development, and become rotten, as eggs; putrid. Hence: Unfruitful or confused, as brains; muddled.

v. t. & i.
To make addle; to grow addle; to muddle; as, he addled his brain.

v. t. & i.
To earn by labor.

v. t. & i.
To thrive or grow; to ripen.

Addle

Ad"dle , n. [OE. adel, AS. adela, mud.] 1. Liquid filth; mire. [Obs.] 2. Lees; dregs. [Prov. Eng.] Wright.

Addle

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

Addle

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.

Addle

Ad"dle, v. t. & i. [OE. adlen, adilen, to gain, acquire; prob. fr. Icel. '94'eblask to acquire property, akin to o'ebal 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.

Liquid filth; mire.

Having lost the power of development, and become rotten, as eggs; putrid. Hence: Unfruitful or confused, as brains; muddled.

To make addle; to grow addle; to muddle; as, he addled his brain.

To earn by labor.

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