muddle-patedadj.

Brit.

/ˈmʌdlˌpeɪtᵻd/, U.S.

/ˈmədəlˌpeɪdᵻd/

Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: muddle-pate n., -ed suffix².

Etymology: < muddle-pate n. + -ed suffix². Compare muddle-headed adj.

colloquial.

= muddle-headed adj.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > mental capacity > lack of understanding > weakness of intellect > confusion, muddle-headedness > [adjective]

redelessOE

mopishc1300

tottedc1500

addle1534

muddy?1571

addle1576

foggya1591

foggy-brained1594

addled1599

addle-headed1600

bezzled1604

addle-pated1614

addle-brained1619

buzzle-headeda1644

puzzle-headed1729

puzzle-pated1736

muddle-headed1760

ramble-headeda1761

hulver-headed1785

ramfeezled1786

muddled1790

hoddy-doddya1798

muzzy-headed1798

bother-headed1820

muddle-pated1823

pixilated1848

woolly1864

bungle-headed1865

mixed1880

muddlesome1887

wifty1918

woozy1941

spastic1981

1823 J. K. Paulding Koningsmarke I. iii. 214 Confound thee for a muddle-pated, crackbrained Snow Ball.

1869 A. Trollope Phineas Finn II. lii. 112 I think I have understood. You are always clear-spoken, and I, though I cannot talk, am not muddle-pated.

1899 Atlantic Monthly Aug. 285/1 A clown is a muddle-pated, mistaught, clumsy fellow.

1916 Jrnl. Philos., Psychol. & Sci. Methods 13 303 A kind of Hebrew Tolstoi born too soon into a muddle-pated world.

1998 Plain Dealer (Cleveland, Ohio) (Nexis) 6 Sept. 101 The truth about Marshall and his family is obvious several hundred pages before muddle-pated, star-struck Orno figures it out for himself.

This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, March 2003; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	muddle-pated
释义	muddle-patedadj. Brit. /ˈmʌdlˌpeɪtᵻd/, U.S. /ˈmədəlˌpeɪdᵻd/ Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: muddle-pate n., -ed suffix². Etymology: < muddle-pate n. + -ed suffix². Compare muddle-headed adj. colloquial. = muddle-headed adj. ΘΚΠ the mind > mental capacity > lack of understanding > weakness of intellect > confusion, muddle-headedness > [adjective] redelessOE mopishc1300 tottedc1500 addle1534 muddy?1571 addle1576 foggya1591 foggy-brained1594 addled1599 addle-headed1600 bezzled1604 addle-pated1614 addle-brained1619 buzzle-headeda1644 puzzle-headed1729 puzzle-pated1736 muddle-headed1760 ramble-headeda1761 hulver-headed1785 ramfeezled1786 muddled1790 hoddy-doddya1798 muzzy-headed1798 bother-headed1820 muddle-pated1823 pixilated1848 woolly1864 bungle-headed1865 mixed1880 muddlesome1887 wifty1918 woozy1941 spastic1981 1823 J. K. Paulding Koningsmarke I. iii. 214 Confound thee for a muddle-pated, crackbrained Snow Ball. 1869 A. Trollope Phineas Finn II. lii. 112 I think I have understood. You are always clear-spoken, and I, though I cannot talk, am not muddle-pated. 1899 Atlantic Monthly Aug. 285/1 A clown is a muddle-pated, mistaught, clumsy fellow. 1916 Jrnl. Philos., Psychol. & Sci. Methods 13 303 A kind of Hebrew Tolstoi born too soon into a muddle-pated world. 1998 Plain Dealer (Cleveland, Ohio) (Nexis) 6 Sept. 101 The truth about Marshall and his family is obvious several hundred pages before muddle-pated, star-struck Orno figures it out for himself. This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, March 2003; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < adj.1823
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