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Meanings of addle in English

Portuguese
confundir
Catalan
confondre
Spanish
embarullar

Mix up or confuse.

confundir
Usage of addle in English
1
The Chinese langage and manner, however, are difficult to an addle-pated foreigner.
Across China on Foot
2
Evidently it had not lost its power to addle the white mind.
Acts of faith
3
Go to bed, and don't bother your addle pate about your neighbours.
Red Pepper Burns
4
What odds if Lord Bazelhurst happened to be a middle-aged, addle-pated ass?
Master Tales of Mystery, Volume 3
5
I am not as a rule addle-headed; his influence must have affected me.
Three Men on the Bummel
6
The fumes of the wine were mounting steadily to addle his indifferent brains.
The Snare
7
Quoth the merchant in himself, This Bedouin is an addle-pated churl.
The Book of the Thousand Nights and One Night, Volume II
8
Thea, however, had one in the person of her addle-pated aunt, Tillie Kronborg.
The Song of the Lark
9
There's a passage in the book that would fit half these addle-headed rhymesters.
The Guardian Angel
10
I wish you would not sit and addle your brains over those books.
Miriam's Schooling and Other Papers
11
Though he knew himself to be muddy-minded and addle-pated, he could see that.
The Last Chronicle of Barset
12
You addle-pated, insolent clown, to dispute terms with gentlemen in His Majesty's service.
Under the Storm
13
I'm her clever uncle Tom; and you're her addle-headed aunt Julia.
No Name
14
I tell you I'll not addle the boy's head with books.
The Blue Pavilions
15
I tellee once again you've an addle pate o' your own!
Anna St. Ives
16
It was universally regarded as a most addle-pated, imbecile affair from beginning to end.
Hillsboro People
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