Addlepated

3 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Addle-brained \Ad"dle-brained`\, Addle-headed \Ad"dle-head`ed\,
  Addle-pated \Ad"dle-pa`ted\, a.
     Dull-witted; stupid. "The addle-brained Oberstein." --Motley.
     [1913 Webster]
  
           Dull and addle-pated.                    --Dryden.


     [1913 Webster]

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  addlepated
       adj : stupid and confused; used especially of persons; "blathering
             like the addlepated nincompoop that you are"; "a
             confused puddingheaded, muddleheaded fellow"- Isaac
             Sterne [syn: {addlebrained}, {potty}, {puddingheaded},
             {muddleheaded}]

From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:

  23 Moby Thesaurus words for "addlepated":
     addlebrained, addled, addleheaded, beclouded, befuddled,
     blear-witted, cloudy, dizzy, fogged, foggy, fuddlebrained, fuddled,
     hazy, in a fog, in a muddle, misted, misty, muddled, muddleheaded,
     muddybrained, muzzy, puzzleheaded, scramblebrained