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  • 11Addle-pated — 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] …

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  • 12addle pate — noun silly little head 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! See Also: addle pated …

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  • 13addle — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) v. confuse, muddle, befuddle. See disorder. II (Roget s Thesaurus II) verb To cause to be unclear in mind or intent: befuddle, bewilder, confound, confuse, discombobulate, dizzy, fuddle, jumble, mix up,… …

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  • 14addled — addle, addled The usual word now is addled, and is applied (a) to eggs, and (b) figuratively, to brains (i.e. the mind). Originally, addle was a noun meaning ‘stinking urine or other liquid filth’, although its associations have usually been with …

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  • 15nincompoop — n fool, ninny, ninnyhammer, silly, goose, silly billy, Sl. yo yo, tomfool; simpleton, Simple Simon, saphead, noodle, cuckoo, Inf. jay, idiot, imbecile, mooncalf, Inf. moron, Sl. zombie; dimwit, nitwit, half wit, scatterbrain, Sl. birdbrain, Sl.… …

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  • 16noodle — n 1.Slang. head, skull, cranium, Zool. cephalon, brainpan, poll, pate, Inf. sconce, Archaic. mazard, Archaic. costard; think tank, thinker; All Inf. upstairs, upper story, belfry, noggin, dome; All Sl. bean, nut, nob, noddle, crumpet, gourd, conk …

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  • 17moron — n 1. retardate, Sl. retard, slow learner, Euph. special or exceptional student; (all collectively) the mentally handicapped, the educable mentally retarded, EMR, the trainable mentally handicapped, TMR. 2.Informal. idiot, imbecile, mooncalf, Sl.… …

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  • 18dullard — n dolt, dunce, Inf. deadhead, blockhead, Sl. dummkopf, oaf, clod; loggerhead, thickhead, Inf. chump, Inf. coot, Inf. dummy, Sl. dodo, Sl. dope, Sl. dumbbell, Sl. meatball or meathead; fathead, numskull, beetlehead, bonehead, dunderhead,… …

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  • 19fool — n 1. ninny, nincompoop, silly, silly billy, Sl. yo yo, tomfool; simpleton, Simple Simon, saphead, noodle, idiot, cuckoo, Inf. jay, Sl. jerk, imbecile, mooncalf, Inf. moron; dimwit, nitwit, half wit, Sl. zombie, goose; scatterbrain, Sl. birdbrain …

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  • 20dunce — n. Simpleton, fool, dolt, ignoramus, witling, wiseacre, blockhead, block, numskull, dullard, thickhead, thick skull, dunderhead, dunderpate, clodpoll, clodpate, beetle head, bull head, dull head, addle head, logger head, chuckle head, jolt head,… …

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