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Etymology
Old English adlen, adilen, to gain, acquire; probably from Icelandic öðlask to acquire property, akin to oðal property. Cf. Allodial.

Pronunciation
audio|en-us-addle.ogg|Audio (US)
:Rhymes: Rhymes:English:-æd�l|-æd�l

Adjective
en-adj

1. Having lost the power of development, and become rotten, as eggs; putrid. Hence: Unfruitful or confused, as brains; muddled. Dryden.

Translations
trans-top|rotten
Bosnian: pokvaren#Bosnian|pokvaren m
Croatian: pokvaren#Croatian|pokvaren m
trans-mid
Serbian:
:Cyrillic: поква�ен#Serbian|поква�ен m
:Roman: pokvaren#Serbian|pokvaren m
trans-bottom

trans-top|confused
trans-mid
trans-bottom

Noun
en-noun

1. obsolete Liquid filth; mire.
2. (Provincial) Lees; dregs. Wright.

Verb
en-verb|addl|ing

1. To make addle; to grow addle; to muddle; as, he addled his brain. "Their eggs were addled." Cowper.
2. (Provincial) To earn by labor. Forby.
3. (Provincial) To thrive or grow; to ripen.

#:*Kill ivy, else tree will addle no more. - Tusser.

Translations
transitive
Bosnian: zbuniti, smesti, pomesti
Serbian:
:Cyrillic: зб�ни�и, �ме��и, поме��и
:Roman: zbuniti, smesti, pomesti

intransitive'
Bosnian: zbuniti se, smesti se
Serbian:
:Cyrillic: зб�ни�и �е, �ме��и �е
:Roman: zbuniti se, smesti se

webster

ar:addle
et:addle
fa:addle
it:addle
pl:addle
pt:addle
ru:addle
te:addle
vi:addle

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