addle pates
addle pates is the plural of addle pate.
Meaning of addle pate
Noun
addle pate (plural addle pates)
- A foolish or dull-witted person.
- 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.1882, Frank Lee Benedict, “Miss Alderly's Law-Suit”, in Peterson's Magazine, volumes 81-82, page 443
- Then he executed a war-dance, and at its close stepped before Crawford, regarded him for an instant, and croaked out:
- Such a person’s brain or mental faculties.
- 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!1792, Thomas Holcroft, Anna St. Ives
- 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!
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- Addle pates is the plural of addle pate.
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