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maddle

maddle verb: to be or become crazy; rave; be confused in mind; be delirious; lose one's way; be dotingly fond of.

Verb

maddle (third-person singular simple present maddles, present participle maddling, simple past and past participle maddled)

  1. (intransitive) To be or become crazy; rave; be confused in mind; be delirious; lose one's way; be dotingly fond of.
  2. (transitive) To craze; confuse in mind; bewilder; masker.

Forms of maddle

third-person singular presentmaddles
present participlemaddling
past participlemaddled
pastmaddled

Origin of maddle

From mad + -le.

Questions about maddle

What does maddle mean?
Maddle means to be or become crazy; rave; be confused in mind; be delirious; lose one's way; be dotingly fond of.
What part of speech is maddle?
Maddle is a verb.
What is the past tense of maddle?
The past tense of maddle is maddled.

Words near maddle in the dictionary

  1. maddish
  2. Maddison
  3. Maddisons
  4. Maddix
  5. Maddixes
  6. maddle
  7. maddled
  8. maddles
  9. maddling
  10. maddock
  11. maddocks

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