AD'DLE, adjective [Heb. to fail.] In a morbid state; putrid; applied to eggs. Hence, barren, producing nothing. His brains grow addle
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Founding-era definition · Webster's 1828 American Dictionary
AD'DLE, adjective [Heb. to fail.] In a morbid state; putrid; applied to eggs. Hence, barren, producing nothing. His brains grow addle
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