Associations to the word «Addle»
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Wiktionary
ADDLE, verb. (provincial) (Northern England) To earn, earn by labor; earn money or one's living. — Forby.
ADDLE, verb. (provincial) (Northern England) To thrive or grow; to ripen.
ADDLE, adjective. Having lost the power of development, and become rotten, as eggs; putrid.
ADDLE, adjective. (by extension) Unfruitful or confused, as brains; muddled. John Dryden.
ADDLE, adjective. Addled
ADDLE, noun. (obsolete) Liquid filth; mire.
ADDLE, noun. (provincial) Lees; dregs.
ADDLE, verb. To make addle; to grow addle; to muddle; as, he addled his brain.
ADDLE, verb. To cause fertilised eggs to lose viability, by killing the developing embryo within through shaking, piercing, freezing or oiling, without breaking the shell.
ADDLE, noun. A foolish or dull-witted fellow.
ADDLE PATE, noun. (1811) A foolish or dull-witted person.
ADDLE PATES, noun. Plural of addle pate
Dictionary definition
ADDLE, verb. Mix up or confuse; "He muddled the issues".
ADDLE, verb. Become rotten; "addled eggs".
Wise words
Love. Fall in love and stay in love. Write only what you
love, and love what you write. The key word is love. You
have to get up in the morning and write something you love,
something to live for.