addle pate

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addle pate

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From addle (“confused”) + pate (“head”).

noun addle pates

archaic A foolish or dull-witted person. Then he executed a war-dance, and at its close stepped before Crawford, regarded him for an instant, and croaked out: “Addle-pate! Addle-pate!” “Upon my word, I believe you are the foul fiend himself,” muttered Mark.
archaic Such a person’s brain or mental faculties. Am I to be ramshaklt out of the super nakullums in spite o’ my teeth? Yea and go softly! I crack the nut and you eat the kernel! I tellee once again you’ve an addle pate o’ your own! [...] Squire Nincompoop!

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@misc{addle_pate_2026,
  title = {addle pate},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/addle%20pate},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}