Associations to the word «Addle»

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

ADDLE, verb. Mix up or confuse; "He muddled the issues".

ADDLE, verb. Become rotten; "addled eggs".