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Definition of Addle-head
1. Noun. A person with confused ideas; incapable of serious thought.
Lexicographical Neighbors of Addle-head
Literary usage of Addle-head
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. A Glossary of Words Used in the Wapentakes of Manley and Corringham by Edward Peacock (1877)
"Addle-cap, Addle-pate, Addle- head, a weak, silly person. 'He 's such a waffy
addle-head he doesn't knaw blue fra red.' Addled, pp. and adj. ..."
2. A Dictionary of English Synonymes and Synonymous Or Parallel Expressions by Richard Soule, George Holmes Howison (1891)
"Addle, v. a, I* Corrupt, spoil, render barren. See preceding. 2. Accumulate gradually,
earn, lay up, save. addle-head, n. Simpleton, noodle. See DUNCE. ..."
3. Lakeland Words: A Collection of Dialect Words and Phrases, as Used in by B. Kirkby (1898)
"... addle-head, Addle- brain, and so forth have sprung from so respectable an
origin can only be conjectured. ..."
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