† tottedadj.
Obsolete. rare.
? Muddle-headed; or = totty adj.2
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
c1500 King & Hermit in M. M. Furrow Ten 15th-cent. Comic Poems (1985) 261 Þou schall her a totted frere Sey ‘Stryke pantner’ And in þe coppe leue ryȝt nouȝt.
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adj.c1500- mothersister
- motherslayer
- mothersmile
- mothersome
- motherspar
- motherstarter
- mothersubstitute
- mothersymbol
- mothertemper
- motherthought
- motherthyme
- mothertobe
- motherwant
- motherwards
- motherwater
- motherwise
- motherwitted
- motherwool
- motherwort
- motherworts
- mothery
- mother–child
- mother–daughter
- mother–son
- mothewoke