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addlepated

adj

Etymology

From addle + pated.

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

Definitions

  1. Addled

    Addled; confused; stupid; flustered.

    • Let euery idle addle-pated gull With stinking sweet Tobacco stuffe his skull.
    • Hallo father, here’s Pecksniff! He gets more addle-pated every day he lives, I do believe,’ muttered Jonas, shaking his honoured parent roundly.
    • “[…] I don’t really know if I’m doing right—it may make you more addle-pated than ever—but you can ask Diana to come over and spend the afternoon with you and have tea here.”

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