Addle vs Maddle - What's the difference?
addle | maddle |
(provincial, Northern England) To earn, earn by labor; earn money or one's living. — .
(provincial, Northern England) To thrive or grow; to ripen.
:* Kill ivy, else tree will addle no more. – .
Having lost the power of development, and become rotten, as eggs; putrid.
(by extension) Unfruitful]] or confused, as brains; muddled. [[w:John Dryden, John Dryden .
addled
To make addle; to grow addle; to muddle; as, he addled his brain.
To cause fertilised eggs to lose viability, by killing the developing embryo within through shaking, piercing, freezing or oiling, without breaking the shell.
To be or become crazy; rave; be confused in mind; be delirious; lose one's way; be dotingly fond of.
To craze; confuse in mind; bewilder; masker.
As verbs the difference between addle and maddle
is that addle is to earn, earn by labor; earn money or one's living. — Forby while maddle is to be or become crazy; rave; be confused in mind; be delirious; lose one's way; be dotingly fond of.As an adjective addle
is having lost the power of development, and become rotten, as eggs; putrid.As a noun addle
is liquid filth; mire.addle
English
Etymology 1
From (etyl) addlen, from (etyl) .Verb
(addl)Etymology 2
From (etyl) .Adjective
(en adjective)Derived terms
* addle-brain * addle-headed * addle-pated * addle plot * addleness * addlepatedVerb
(addl)- "Their eggs were addled ." .
