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addleheadedness

addleheadedness noun: the quality of being addleheaded.

Noun

addleheadedness (uncountable)

  1. The quality of being addleheaded.
    • I've talked with him a couple of times, and he's not so stupid that he'd state such things out of sheer addleheadedness.1983, Arvo Tuominen, Piltti Heiskanen, The Bells of the Kremlin: An Experience in Communism, page 149

Origin of addleheadedness

From addleheaded + -ness.

Questions about addleheadedness

What does addleheadedness mean?
Addleheadedness means the quality of being addleheaded.
What part of speech is addleheadedness?
Addleheadedness is a noun.

Words near addleheadedness in the dictionary

  1. addlebrained
  2. addlebrains
  3. addled
  4. addlehead
  5. addleheaded
  6. addleheadedness
  7. addleheads
  8. Addleman
  9. Addlemans
  10. addlement
  11. addleness

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