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Meaning of addled

Source language: EnglishDictionary language: English

addled

Pronunciation:/ˈæ.dəld/

verb

Definitions

  1. (provincial) To earn, earn by labor; earn money or one's living.

  2. (provincial) To thrive or grow; to ripen.

verb

Definitions

  1. To make addle; to grow addle; to muddle

  2. To cause fertilised eggs to lose viability, by killing the developing embryo within through shaking, piercing, freezing or oiling, without breaking the shell.

adjective

Definitions

  1. (of eggs) Bad, rotten; inviable, containing a dead embryo.

  2. Confused; mixed up.

  3. Morbid, corrupt, putrid, or barren.