单词 | addle-headed |
释义 | > as lemmasaddle-headed addle-headed adj. = addle-brained 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 1600 N. Breton Pasquils Fooles-cap (rev. ed.) sig. Cv Hee that doth studie twentie things at once, And hath intent for to performe them all: And yet his beetle addle-headed skonce, In full conclusion can doe none at all. 1735 ‘R. Nab’ Addr. Batchelors Great Brit. 47 If he must either have his Ears fill'd with..a sage Curtain-lecture, or addle-headed Bed-roll on Caudles and Confections, o' my Conscience he'd better tend a Dung-cart. 1848 C. Dickens Let. 27 Nov. (1981) V. 448 I am quite addle-headed for the time being. 1978 Globe & Mail (Toronto) (Nexis) 29 Mar. They..claimed it would be absolutely addle-headed to allow another taxi fare increase in this town at this time. 2003 M. H. Kramer Quality of Freedom v. 385 Our efforts..will be like the efforts of astronomers who are so addle-headed as to measure distances between galaxies in inches. < as lemmas |
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