addlepated

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Of herself she was asking: "I wonder if she is in love with him And thus it transpired that Freddie Ulstervelt--addlepated, good-looking, inconstant Freddie, just out of college--was transformed into a bone of contention, whether he would or no He was of the kind who love or make love to every new girl they meet, seriously enough at the time, but easily passed over if need be.

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  1. adjective Befuddled; confused.
  2. adjective Eccentric; peculiar: "[Her] estates . . . are odes to addlepated excess, a melange of priceless antiques and thrift-store horrors” (Michelle Green).
  3. adjective Senseless; mad: "led the addlepated charge of the Light Brigade at Balaclava” (Thomas Flanagan).

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  • Most of Barbara Kay's screeds are barely worth reading, with their addlepated nitwitisms and indignant, self-righteous scolding. —  unrepentant old hippie
  • (I hope that makes sense ... my brain's a bit addlepated tonight.) "Hard to see the beauty for the ashes"
  • Heck of a ride and a possible explanation for my somewhat addlepated mind.
  • (Yes, I know, The One can sound a bit addlepated without a teleprompter, but at least he gives the impression when he pauses and umms that he is thinking about what to say next rather than that he's in a panic because there's nothing remotely coherent rattling around in his head.) —  Antiwar.com Original
  • It seems odd that these three have been banned, whilst we have daily postings of racist ignorance and the addlepated spammings of "The Real American" and his ilk. —  Propeller Most Popular Stories
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