Where does “addled” come from?

addled (English) comes from Old English adel.

addled (English): Bad, rotten; inviable, containing a dead embryo

Definitions

  1. Bad, rotten; inviable, containing a dead embryo

Ancestry of “addled”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Englishadel

Words derived from “addled

Every word from Old English adel
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