addle pate

名词 n.
中文释义

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. A foolish or dull-witted person. archaic
    — 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.
  2. Such a person’s brain or mental faculties. archaic
    — 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!

词形变化

addle pates plural

词汇关系

相关词
addle-pated

词源

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