What does addle mean?
Definitions for addle
ˈæd lad·dle
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Princeton's WordNet
addle, muddle, puddleverb
mix up or confuse
"He muddled the issues"
addleverb
become rotten
"addled eggs"
Samuel Johnson's Dictionary
ADDLEadjective
Originally applied to eggs, and signifying such as produce nothing, but grow rotten under the hen; thence transferred to brains that produce nothing.
Etymology: from adel , a disease, Sax. according to Stephen Skinner and Franciscus Junius; perhaps from ydel , idle, barren, unfruitful.
There’s one with truncheon, like a ladle,
That carries eggs too fresh or addle;
And still at random, as he goes,
Among the rabble rout bestows. Hudibras, p. ii. cant. ii.After much solitariness, fasting, or long sickness, their brains were addle, and their bellies as empty of meat as their heads of wit. Robert Burton, on Melancholy.
Thus far the poet; but his brains grow addle:
And all the rest is purely from this noddle. John Dryden, Don Seb.To Addleverb
To make addle; to corrupt; to make barren.
Etymology: from addle, adj.
This is also evidenced in eggs, whereof the sound ones sink, and such as are addled swim; as do also those that are termed hypenemiæ, or wind-eggs. Thomas Browne, Vulgar Errours, b. iv.
ChatGPT
addle
Addle typically refers to confusing, perplexing, or making someone unable to think clearly. It's also used to describe something, particularly an egg, that has gone bad or rotten.
addle
Addle generally refers to the state of causing confusion or puzzlement, to make someone unable to think clearly or to become mixed up. It can also mean causing a state of decay or rot, especially referring to an egg. It is commonly used as an adjective or verb in English language.
Webster Dictionary
Addlenoun
liquid filth; mire
Addlenoun
lees; dregs
Addleadjective
having lost the power of development, and become rotten, as eggs; putrid. Hence: Unfruitful or confused, as brains; muddled
Addle
to make addle; to grow addle; to muddle; as, he addled his brain
Addle
to earn by labor
Addle
to thrive or grow; to ripen
Etymology: [OE. adlen, adilen, to gain, acquire; prob. fr. Icel. lask to acquire property, akin to oal property. Cf. Allodial.]
Chambers 20th Century Dictionary
Addle
ad′dl, Addled, ad′dld, adj. diseased: putrid: barren, empty.—adjs. Ad′dle-head′ed, Ad′dle-pat′ed, having a head or pate with addled brains.—n. Ad′dlement. [M.E. adele—A.S. adela, mud; cf. Scot, eddle, liquid manure.]
Dictionary of Nautical Terms
addle
An old term for the putrid water in casks.
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Numerology
Chaldean Numerology
The numerical value of addle in Chaldean Numerology is: 8
Pythagorean Numerology
The numerical value of addle in Pythagorean Numerology is: 8
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- развалям, вмирисвам, развалям се, вмирисвам сеBulgarian
- enturbiar, confundir, podridoSpanish
- pourriFrench
- смести, помести, smesti, pomesti, zbuniti, pokvaren, збунити, покваренSerbo-Croatian
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