Hypertext Webster Gateway: "addlepated"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Addle-brained \Ad"dle-brained`\, Addle-headed \Ad"dle-head`ed\,
Addle-pated \Ad"dle-pa`ted\, a.
Dull-witted; stupid. ``The addle-brained Oberstein.''
--Motley.
Dull and addle-pated. --Dryden.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
addlepated
adj : stupid and confused; used especially of persons; "blathering
like the addlepated nincompoop that you are"; "a
confused puddingheaded, muddleheaded fellow"- Isaac
Sterne [syn: {addlebrained}, {potty}, {puddingheaded},
{muddleheaded}]
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