addled

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/ˈæ.dəld/ English

Definitions

verb

(provincial) To earn, earn by labor; earn money or one's living.
(provincial) To thrive or grow; to ripen.

verb

To make addle; to grow addle; to muddle
To cause fertilised eggs to lose viability, by killing the developing embryo within through shaking, piercing, freezing or oiling, without breaking the shell.

adjective

(of eggs) Bad, rotten; inviable, containing a dead embryo.
Confused; mixed up.
Morbid, corrupt, putrid, or barren.

Related words

Synonyms

stale muddled muzzy confused befuddled woolly-headed woolly wooly-minded wooly confounded asea maggoted worm-eaten corrupt addlepated maggot-pated

Associated

parliament sat mind elected sir daughter weeks james charles king married return

Rhymes

raddled saddled straddled paddled

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