Definition of "addle"
- verb
To earn, earn by labor; earn money or one's living. — Forby.
To thrive or grow; to ripen.
To make addle; to grow addle; to muddle; as, he addled his brain.
To cause fertilised eggs to lose viability, by killing the developing embryo within through shaking, piercing, freezing or oiling, without breaking the shell.
- adjective
Having lost the power of development, and become rotten, as eggs; putrid.
Unfruitful or confused, as brains; muddled. John Dryden.
- noun
Liquid filth; mire.
Lees; dregs. Wright.
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