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Addle pate

noun

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Noun
  1. 1
    A foolish or dull-witted person. archaic

    "Then he executed a war-dance, and at its close stepped before Crawford, regarded him for an instant, and croaked out: “Addle-pate! Addle-pate!” “Upon my word, I believe you are the foul fiend himself,” muttered Mark."

  2. 2
    Such a person’s brain or mental faculties. archaic

    "Am I to be ramshaklt out of the super nakullums in spite o’ my teeth? Yea and go softly! I crack the nut and you eat the kernel! I tellee once again you’ve an addle pate o’ your own! [...] Squire Nincompoop!"

Etymology

From addle (“confused”) + pate (“head”).

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