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addle pate

noun

Etymology

From addle (“confused”) + pate (“head”).

  1. derived from patina — “pan, dish”
  2. derived from patena
  3. derived from patene
  4. inherited from pate
  5. compounded as addle pate — “addle + pate”

Definitions

  1. A foolish or dull-witted person.

    • Then he executed a war-dance, and at its close stepped before Crawford, regarded him for an instant, and croaked out: “Addle-pate! Addle-pate!” “Upon my word, I believe you are the foul fiend himself,” muttered Mark.

  2. Such a person’s brain or mental faculties.

    • Am I to be ramshaklt out of the super nakullums in spite o’ my teeth? Yea and go softly! I crack the nut and you eat the kernel! I tellee once again you’ve an addle pate o’ your own! [...] Squire Nincompoop!
    • “Go to bed, and don’t bother your addle pate about your neighbours. Can’t a man cut up a few sticks without your coming to investigate?”

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sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA