| addle | (v) mix up or confuse, Syn. muddle, puddle, Example: He muddled the issues |
| addle | (v) become rotten, Example: addled eggs |
| addlebrained | (adj) stupid and confused; ; - Isaac Sterne, Syn. addlepated, muddleheaded, puddingheaded, Example: blathering like the addlepated nincompoop that you are; a confused puddingheaded, muddleheaded fellow |
| addle-head | (n) a person with confused ideas; incapable of serious thought, Syn. addlehead, loon, birdbrain |
| Addle | v. t. & i. |
| Addle | v. t. & i. [ OE. adlen, adilen, to gain, acquire; prob. fr. Icel. öðlask to acquire property, akin to oðal property. Cf. Allodial. ] Kill ivy, else tree will addle no more. Tusser. [ 1913 Webster ] |
| Addle | n. [ OE. adel, AS. adela, mud. ] [ 1913 Webster ] |
| Addle | a. Having lost the power of development, and become rotten, as eggs; putrid. Hence: Unfruitful or confused, as brains; muddled. Dryden. [ 1913 Webster ] |
| Addle-pate | |
| Addle-pated | Dull and addle-pated. Dryden. [ 1913 Webster ] Variants: Addle-headed, Addle-brained |
| Addle-patedness | n. Stupidity. [ 1913 Webster ] |
| Addlings | n. pl. [ See Addle, to earn. ] Earnings. [ Prov. Eng. ] Wright. [ 1913 Webster ] |