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[ adjective ] stupid and confused; used especially of persons
Synonyms Examples "blathering like the addlepated nincompoop that you are" "a confused puddingheaded, muddleheaded fellow"- Isaac Sterne Used in print (Chicago Daily Tribune...)His addle-brained knight-errant , self appointed to the ridiculous position in an age when armor had already been relegated to museums and the chivalrous code of knight-errantry had become a joke , is , as Cervantes no_doubt intended , a gaunt but gracious symbol of good , moving soberly and sincerely in a world of cynics , hypocrites and rogues . Related terms |
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