| Part of Speech | Definition | |
| Present participle | 1. Seldom used present participle conjugation of the verb addle.[Eve - graph theoretic] | |
| Verb Base (addle) | 1. Mix up or confuse.[Wordnet]. 2. Become rotten; "addled eggs".[Wordnet]. 3. To make addle; to grow addle; to muddle; as, he addled his brain.[Websters]. 4. To earn by labor.[Websters]. 5. To thrive or grow; to ripen.[Websters]. 6. Seldom used base verb from the following inflections: addling, addled, addles, addler, addlers, addlingly and addledly.[Eve - graph theoretic] | |
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Date "ADDLING" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1884. (references) |
Specialty Definition: addle
| Domain | Definition | ||
| Literature | 1: Addle is the Old English adela (filth), hence rotten, putrid, worthless. 2: Addle Parliament (The) - 5th April to 7th June, 1614. So called because it did not pass one single measure. (See Parliament.) 3: Addled egg, better "addle-egg," a worthless egg. An egg which has not the vital principle. 4: Addle-headed, addle-pate, empty headed. As an addle-egg produces no living bird, so an addle-pate lack brains. Source: Brewer's Dictionary. | ||
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Specialty Expressions: addle
| Expressions | Domain | Definition | |
| Addle pate | Slang in 1811 | 1: ADDLE PATE. An inconsiderate foolish fellow. 2: ADDLE PLOT. A spoil-sport, a mar-all. Source: 1811 Dictionary of the Vulgar Tongue. | |
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Topics by Level of Interest: addle | ||||
| Topics sorted by level of Interest | Level (1=low, 600=high) | Topics sorted Alphabetically | Level (1=low, 600=high) | |
| Lady Blanche Addle | 7 | Cecil C. Addle (comic) | 3 | |
| Cecil C. Addle (comic) | 3 | Lady Blanche Addle | 7 | |
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