Home                   
Crossword Solver
Glossary HQ
Links for Word Lovers
Word of the Week
Help                      
Copyrights           
Privacy                 
Webmasters
Link to Us
Contact Us           
Bookstore            


Google
 

AllWords.com Home

English Dictionary - With Multi-Lingual Search

  
Definitions
addle Tweet Definition of addle Like Definition of addle on Facebook
noun 
  1. (obsolete) Liquid filth; mire.
  2. (Provincial) Lees; dregs. Wright.
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: 
    adjective 
    1. Having lost the power of development, and become rotten, as eggs; putrid. Hence: Unfruitful or confused, as brains; muddled. Dryden.
    Translations: 
      Etymology: Old English adlen, adilen, to gain, acquire; probably from Icelandic íílask to acquire property, akin to oíal property. Cf. Allodial.

      Supplemental Details:Sponsor an extended definition for addle for as little as $10 per month. Click here to contact us.

           
        

       Find:
        Words Starting With:
        Words Ending With:
        Words Containing:
        Words That Match:
       
       Translate Into:
               Dutch   French   German
               Italian   Spanish
          Show results per page.

      Browse the Dictionary
      A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z

       
        

         
      Dictionary content provided from Wiktionary.org under the GNU Free Documentation License
      Allwords Copyright 1998-2012 Allsites LLC. All rights reserved.