addlepate

• And for Saint-Germain, who seemed to you idiotic one day when perhaps he had lunched too well, but who nevertheless is a fine addlepate, full of sympathy and spirit. —  The George Sand-Gustave Flaubert Letters
• The whole question, of course, was clear and simple, and only concerned with the means of my earning my living; but the simplicity of it was not seen, and I was talked to in mawkishly rounded phrases of Borodino, of the sacred fire, of my uncle a forgotten poet, who had once written poor and artificial verses; I was rudely called an addlepate and a dense fellow. —  The Chorus Girl and Other Stories
• 'Twould be better an 'ye could play the dolt -- not an eediot, or an addlepate -- but just a dull fellow, slow of wit, an' knowin 'nought except of fur. " —  The Challenge of the North
• Didn't Ay tell you, you old addlepate, "he said, turning to poor Mrs. Finch, whose only desire seemed to be to find a place for the ham and get out of the room --" didn't Ay tell you the lil gel would come? " —  By Berwen Banks

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