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Definition of Addle
1. Verb. Mix up or confuse. "He muddled the issues"
2. Verb. Become rotten. "Addled eggs"
Definition of Addle
1. n. Liquid filth; mire.
2. a. Having lost the power of development, and become rotten, as eggs; putrid. Hence: Unfruitful or confused, as brains; muddled.
3. v. t. & i. To make addle; to grow addle; to muddle; as, he addled his brain.
4. v. t. & i. To earn by labor.
Definition of Addle
1. Verb. (context: provincial Northern England) To earn, earn by labor; earn money or one's living. — ''Forby''. ¹
2. Verb. (context: provincial Northern England) To thrive or grow; to ripen. ¹
3. Adjective. Having lost the power of development, and become rotten, as eggs; putrid. ¹
4. Adjective. (by extension) Unfruitful or confused, as brains; muddled. ''John Dryden''. ¹
5. Adjective. See addled. ¹
6. Noun. (obsolete) Liquid filth; mire. ¹
7. Noun. (context: provincial) Lees; dregs. ''Wright'' ¹
8. Verb. To make addle; to grow addle; to muddle; as, he '''addled''' his brain. ¹
9. Verb. : "Their eggs were '''addled'''." William Cowper. ¹
10. Verb. To cause fertilised eggs to lose viability, by killing the developing embryo within through shaking, piercing, freezing or oiling, without breaking the shell. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Addle
1. to confuse [v -DLED, -DLING, -DLES] - See also: confuse
Medical Definition of Addle
1. 1. To earn by labour. 2. To thrive or grow; to ripen. "Kill ivy, else tree will addle no more." (Tusser) Origin: OE. Adlen, adilen, to gain, acquire; prob. Fr. Icel. Oolask to acquire property, akin to ooal property. Cf. Allodial. Having lost the power of development, and become rotten, as eggs; putrid. Hence: Unfruitful or confused, as brains; muddled. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998)
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