addlepated

[ ad-l-pey-tid ]
/ ˈæd lˌpeɪ tɪd /

adjective

Origin of addlepated

First recorded in 1620–30; addle + pate + -ed3

Example sentences from the Web for addlepated

  • Seems to me you're an addlepated young fellow for a detective.

    In the Onyx Lobby |Carolyn Wells
  • Seldom have I read such a ridiculous, solemn, addlepated Joseph Surface of a thing.

    The Real Gladstone |J. Ewing Ritchie
  • Not only was he direfully cursing the trio, but also the addlepated Medcroft and his own addlepated self.

    The Husbands of Edith |George Barr McCutcheon
  • He wrote to Zio Giacomo, who said he was an addlepated and clot-headed imbecile.

    The Devourers |Annie Vivanti Chartres