addle

Meaning

Adj

1. Having lost the power of development, and become rotten; putrid.
2. (broadly) Unfruitful or confused; muddled.

Noun

Liquid filth; mire.

Verb

1. To make or become addled; to muddle or confuse.
2. To cause fertilised eggs to lose viability, by killing the developing embryo within through shaking, piercing, freezing or oiling, without breaking the shell.

Noun

An unwise or intellectually impaired person.

Verb

1. (Northern-England) To earn, earn by labor; earn money or one's living.
2. (Northern-England) To thrive or grow; to ripen.

Synonyms

rotten

puddle

muddle

disarrange

stir up

disarray

confuse

perplex

agitate

break up

clutter

commingle

commix

compound

concoct

confect

decay

decayed

derange

disorganize

disrupt

dissolve

disturb

extravagant

flummox

fold

fox

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fuddle

groggy

heterodyne

immingle

immix

incite

intermix

jumble

meld

mingle

mix

mix in

mix up

motley

muddy

obfuscate

obscure

paddle

putrefied

putrefy

putrid

puzzle

randomise

Translations

confundir

confondre

viziare

confundir

verderben

averiarse

troubler

andare a male

andare in rovina

rovinarsi

aufwiegeln

in Wallung bringen

trüben

in Verwirrung bringen

agitieren

Pronounced as (IPA)

/ˈæ.dəl/

Etymology

Inherited from Middle English: addlen

Inherited from Middle English: adel

Inherited from Old English: adela

Cognate with Saterland Frisian: adel

Cognate with Middle Low German: adele

Cognate with Dutch: aal

Cognate with Swedish: adel

Cognate with Danish: ajle

In summary

From Middle English adel (“rotten”), from Old English adel, adela (“mire, pool, liquid excrement”), from Proto-West Germanic *adal, from Proto-Germanic *adalaz, *adalô (“cattle urine, liquid manure”).
Akin to Scots adill, North Frisian ethel (“urine”), Saterland Frisian adel (“dung”), Middle Low German adele (“mud, liquid manure”) (Dutch aal (“liquid manure”)), Old Swedish adel (“urine”) , Danish ajle (“liquid manure”), Bavarian Adel (“liquid manure”).