ADDLE
\ˈadə͡l], \ˈadəl], \ˈa_d_əl]\
Definitions of ADDLE
- 2006 - WordNet 3.0
- 2011 - English Dictionary Database
- 2010 - New Age Dictionary Database
- 1913 - Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
- 1919 - The Winston Simplified Dictionary
- 1894 - The Clarendon dictionary
- 1914 - Nuttall's Standard dictionary of the English language
- 1790 - A Complete Dictionary of the English Language
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By Princeton University
By DataStellar Co., Ltd
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Liquid filth; mire.
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Lees; dregs.
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Having lost the power of development, and become rotten, as eggs; putrid. Hence: Unfruitful or confused, as brains; muddled.
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To make addle; to grow addle; to muddle; as, he addled his brain.
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To earn by labor.
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To thrive or grow; to ripen.
By Oddity Software
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Liquid filth; mire.
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Lees; dregs.
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Having lost the power of development, and become rotten, as eggs; putrid. Hence: Unfruitful or confused, as brains; muddled.
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To make addle; to grow addle; to muddle; as, he addled his brain.
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To earn by labor.
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To thrive or grow; to ripen.
By Noah Webster.
By William Dodge Lewis, Edgar Arthur Singer
By William Hand Browne, Samuel Stehman Haldeman
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