addle
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Adj — Spoiled and rotten, having stopped developing properly.
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Etymology
Came into English from Middle English adel (“rotten”), which developed from Old English adel, adela (“mire, pool, liquid excrement”), from Proto-West Germanic *adal, from Proto-Germanic *adalaz, *adalô (“cattle urine, liquid manure”). It is akin to Scots adill, North Frisian ethel (“urine”), Saterland Frisian adel (“du...
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