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41addle — 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… …
42addle — [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… …
43addle — addle, addled The usual word now is addled, and is applied (a) to eggs, and (b) figuratively, to brains (i.e. the mind). Originally, addle was a noun meaning ‘stinking urine or other liquid filth’, although its associations have usually been with …
44Oxford Dictionary of Proverbs, Thematic Index — absence absence makes the heart grow fonder he who is absent is always in the wrong the best of friends must part blue are the hills that are far away distance lends enchantment to the view out of sight, out of mind …
45addle — v. & adj. v. 1 tr. muddle, confuse. 2 intr. (of an egg) become addled. adj. 1 muddled, unsound (addle brained; addle head). 2 empty, vain. 3 (of an egg) addled. Etymology: OE adela filth, used as adj., then as verb …
46befuddled — adjective 1. stupefied by alcoholic drink (Freq. 1) the wino s poor befuddled mind a mind befogged with drink • Syn: ↑befogged • Similar to: ↑confused 2. perplexed by many conflicting situations or statements; f …
47muddled — adjective confused and vague; used especially of thinking muddleheaded ideas your addled little brain woolly thinking woolly headed ideas • Syn: ↑addled, ↑befuddled, ↑muzzy, ↑ …
48woolly-headed — adjective confused and vague; used especially of thinking muddleheaded ideas your addled little brain woolly thinking woolly headed ideas • Syn: ↑addled, ↑befuddled, ↑muddled, ↑ …
49wooly — adjective 1. confused and vague; used especially of thinking muddleheaded ideas your addled little brain woolly thinking woolly headed ideas • Syn: ↑addled, ↑befuddled, ↑muddled, ↑ …
50wooly-minded — adjective confused and vague; used especially of thinking muddleheaded ideas your addled little brain woolly thinking woolly headed ideas • Syn: ↑addled, ↑befuddled, ↑muddled, ↑ …
