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  1. v. simple past tense and past participle of addle.
  2. adj. Inviable. Containing a dead embryo.
  3. adj. morbid, corrupt, putrid, or barren. (obs.)Webster's Dictionary 1828 edition
  4. adj. Confused; mixed up.

WordNet 3.0

  1. adj. confused and vague; used especially of thinking
  2. adj. (of eggs) no longer edible

Etymologies

  1. From Middle English adel, rotten, from Old English adel, pool of excrement.

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  • JTroyer "Anyway, I'm not really addled." Water for Elephants by Sara Gruen Oct 17, 2010

  • hernesheir Hash browns stirred with scrambled eggs while frying.
    Cf this list. Sep 21, 2009

  • salome I learned this word from reading Don Quixote in high school. May 5, 2008

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