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Addle logo #10101) Baffle 2) Become rotten 3) Befuddle 4) Bewilder 5) Buffalo 6) Cause confusion 7) Confound 8) Confuse 9) Derange 10) Discombobulate 11) Disorient 12) Dizzy 13) Drive meshuga 14) Exclusively Saxon word 15) Exclusively Anglo word 16) Flummox 17) Fluster 18) Jumble 19) Knock for a loop 20) Leave clueless
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addle logo #22081Putrid water in the water barrels.
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addle logo #22641putrid; barren; muddled
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Addle logo #21002• (n.) Liquid filth; mire. • (n.) Lees; dregs. • (a.) Having lost the power of development, and become rotten, as eggs; putrid. Hence: Unfruitful or confused, as brains; muddled. • (v. t. & i.) To make addle; to grow addle; to muddle; as, he addled his brain. • (v. t. & i.) To earn by labor. • (v. t. & i.) To thrive or...
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addle logo #209731. To earn by labour. ... 2. To thrive or grow; to ripen. 'Kill ivy, else tree will addle no more.' (Tusser) ... Origin: OE. Adlen, adilen, to gain, acquire; prob. Fr. Icel. Oolask to acquire property, akin to ooal property. Cf. Allodial. ... Having lost the power of development, and become rotten, as eggs; putrid. Hence: Unfruitful or confused, as...
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Addle logo #20972Ad'dle adjective Having lost the power of development, and become rotten, as eggs; putrid. Hence: Unfruitful or confused, as brains; muddled. Dryden.
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Addle logo #20972Ad'dle noun [ Middle English adel , Anglo-Saxon adela , mud.] 1. Liquid filth; mire. [ Obsolete] 2. Lees; dregs. [ Prov. Eng.] Wright.
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Addle logo #20972Ad'dle transitive verb & i. [ imperfect & past participle Addled ; present participle & verbal noun Addling ] To make addle; to grow addle; to muddle; as, he addled his brain. 'Their eggs were addled .' Cowper.
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Addle logo #22215render an egg infertile, e.g., by vigorous shaking. Also used by Purple Martin landlords to describe any rotten, dead or destroyed egg, which they often roll out of the nest cup.
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addle logo #20400[v] - mix up or confuse 2. [v] - become rotten
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addle logo #20974muddle verb mix up or confuse; `He muddled the issues`
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