addle-headed

adjective

addlepated

Meanings

adjectiveaddle-headed (comparative more addle-headed, superlative most addle-headed)

comparative more addle-headed · superlative most addle-headed

  1. addlepated

    Why, look at Wiliam now - the first time he axed me to marry him I thought to myself, 'You're slue-footed an' slack-kneed an' addle-headed, an' I wouldn't many you for a million!'

    1911 December 8, The Golden Gate, Fremantle, page 9, column 5
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APA

addle-headed. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/addle-headed

MLA

“addle-headed.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/addle-headed. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “addle-headed,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/addle-headed.

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