addle
addle is defined in Webster's Unabridged Dictionary (1913) with 5 senses, and appears in Roget's Thesaurus (1911) with 40 related terms. The full text of each entry is reproduced verbatim below.
Definitions
- 1.Lees; dregs. [Prov. Eng.] Wright.
- 2.Having lost the power of development, and become rotten, as eggs; putrid. Hence: Unfruitful or confused, as brains; muddled. Dryden.
- 3.To make addle; to grow addle; to muddle; as, he addled his brain. "Their eggs were addled." Cowper.
- 4.To earn by labor. [Prov. Eng.] Forby.
- 5.To thrive or grow; to ripen. [Prov. Eng.] Kill ivy, else tree will addle no more. Tusser.
Source: Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913 edition (public domain, via GCIDE / Project Gutenberg).
Synonyms
Related terms (Roget's 1911)
- acarpous
- alone
- and
- anvil
- arid
- barren
- battle
- collapse
- come
- complete
- desert
- disable
- down
- drawn
- drop
- effect
- fall
- fallow
- fire
- flash
- forget
- fruitless
- game
- going
- halves
- hand
- hang
- impotence
- incomplete
- incompleteness
- inexecution
- infecund
- infecundity
- infertile
- infertility
- inoperative
- inutility
- issueless
- leave
- let
Source: Roget's Thesaurus, 1911 edition (public domain, via Project Gutenberg eBook #10681).
Related questions
Reverse-dictionary questions
Definition-first questions whose answer is addle.
- What is having lost the power of development, and become rotten, as eggs; putrid. Hence: Unfruitful or confused, as brains; muddled. Dryden called?
- What is to make addle; to grow addle; to muddle; as, he addled his brain. "Their eggs were addled." Cowper called?
- What is to thrive or grow; to ripen. [Prov. Eng.] Kill ivy, else tree will addle no more. Tusser called?
Sources
- Definitions: Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913 edition (public domain, via GCIDE / Project Gutenberg).
- Synonyms & antonyms: Roget's Thesaurus, 1911 edition (public domain, via Project Gutenberg eBook #10681).
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