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  • 41addle — adj. == rotten. O. and N. 133 …

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  • 42addle — [[t]æ̱d(ə)l[/t]] addles, addling, addled VERB If something addles someone s mind or brain, they become confused and unable to think properly. [V n] I suppose the shock had addled his poor old brain. Syn: befuddle …

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  • 43addle — ad·dle || ædl v. muddle, confuse; become confused; spoil, become rotten; make rotten …

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  • 44addle — I. a. 1. Addled, spoiled (as eggs), rotten, putrid, corrupt. 2. Barren, unfruitful, fruitless, abortive, unproductive, unprolific, unfertile, sterile, infecund, addled. II. v. a. 1. Corrupt, spoil, render barren. See preceding. 2. Accumulate… …

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  • 45addle — v 1. baffle, confuse, mystify, U.S. Inf. buffalo, pose, Sl. cross up; muddle, obfuscate, befog; perplex, bewilder, nonplus, puzzle; stupefy, shock, disarm, discompose, Inf. discombobulate; disconcert, abash, embarrass, mortify, discomfit;… …

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  • 46addle — ad·dle …

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  • 47addle — [c]/ˈædl / (say adl) verb (addled, addling) –verb (t) 1. to muddle or confuse. 2. to spoil or make rotten. –verb (i) 3. to become muddled or confused. 4. to become spoiled or rotten, as eggs. –adjective 5. mentally confused; muddled, as in the… …

  • 48addle — see as good be an addled egg as an idle bird …

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  • 49addle-patedness — noun Stupidity …

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  • 50Addle Hill —    South out of Carter Lane at No. 51 to Knightrider Street in Castle Baynard Ward (P.O. Directory).    First mention: 1649 (L. and P. Commonw. 1.523).    Former names: Adling Hill, 16oo, Shoemakers Holiday, printed there, 1648 L.C.C. Deeds,… …

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