addlebrained

2 definitions found

addlebrained - Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :

  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]

addlebrained - WordNet (r) 2.1 (2005) :

  addlebrained
      adj 1: stupid and confused; "blathering like the addlepated
             nincompoop that you are"; "a confused puddingheaded,
             muddleheaded fellow"- Isaac Sterne [syn: addlebrained,
             addlepated, puddingheaded, muddleheaded]