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drpaladin

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I can't add to addled, someone got to it first.

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Bill W

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"Addle comes from the Middle English "adel and the Old English "adela, meaning "liquid filth".  Of Germanic origin. adel, meaning "mire, puddle".  An addled egg is a rotten egg. An addled mind is a muddled or confused mind. "Addle-pated, "addle-brained and "addle-headed all mean dim-witted. 

The Oxford English Dictionary (OED) provides evidence of "addled" being used in 1599, in the writings of R. Roche. 


Examples of addled in sentences: 

"His brain was addled by the sudden news, and he couldn't remember what he was supposed to do." 

"The old man's addled mind made it hard to understand his rambling stories." 
 
"After the long journey, my addled mind struggled to process the new information." 

"The heat had addled her brain, and she couldn't remember where she was going." 
 
"She was so addled by the drugs that she couldn't remember what had happened." 
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Paladin

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Addled is a synonym for one of my favourite words; discombobulated.

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