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addle
English
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /?æ.d?l/
- Rhymes: -æd?l
Etymology 1
From Middle English addlen, adlen, from Old English edl?an (“reward, pay-back”), edl?anian (“to reward, recompense”); or more likely, from Old Norse ?ðlask (“to gain possession of property”), from ?ðal (“owndom, property”).
Verb
addle (third-person singular simple present addles, present participle addling, simple past and past participle addled)
- (provincial, Northern England) To earn, earn by labor; earn money or one's living.
- (provincial, Northern England) To thrive or grow; to ripen.
- 1573, Thomas Tusser, Five Hundred Points of Good Husbandry
- Kill ivy, or else tree will addle no more.
- 1573, Thomas Tusser, Five Hundred Points of Good Husbandry
Etymology 2
From Middle English adel (“rotten”), from Old English adel, adela (“mire, pool, liquid excrement”), from Proto-Germanic *adalaz, *adalô (“cattle urine, liquid manure”). Akin to Scots adill, North Frisian ethel (“urine”), Saterland Frisian adel "dung", Middle Low German adele "mud, liquid manure" (Dutch aal "puddle"), Old Swedish adel "urine", Bavarian Adel (“liquid manure”).
Adjective
addle (comparative more addle, superlative most addle)
- Having lost the power of development, and become rotten; putrid.
- (by extension) Unfruitful or confused; muddled.
- (prologue)
- Thus far the poet; but his brains grow addle,
- (prologue)
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Noun
addle (plural addles)
- (obsolete) Liquid filth; mire.
- (provincial) Lees; dregs.
- (Can we find and add a quotation of Wright to this entry?)
Verb
addle (third-person singular simple present addles, present participle addling, simple past and past participle addled)
- To make addle; to grow addle; to muddle
- 1782, William Cowper, Pairing Time Anticipated
- Their eggs were addled.
- 2000, Quentin Skinner, “The Adviser to Princes”, in Nigel Warburton; Jon Pike; Derek Matravers, Reading Political Philosophy: Machiavelli to Mill, Abingdon, Oxon.: Routledge in association with The Open University, 978-0-415-21196-3, page 30:
- [Niccolò] Machiavelli had received an early lesson in the value of addling men's brains. […] [A] talent for addling men's brains is part of the armoury of any successful prince […] .
- 1782, William Cowper, Pairing Time Anticipated
- To cause fertilised eggs to lose viability, by killing the developing embryo within through shaking, piercing, freezing or oiling, without breaking the shell.
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Noun
addle (plural addles)
- A foolish or dull-witted fellow.
Anagrams
- daled, dedal, laded
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rattle
English
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /??æt.l?/
- Rhymes: -æt?l
Etymology 1
Verb from Middle English [Term?], either from Old English [Term?] (not attested) or Middle Dutch ratelen, ultimately imitative. The noun (c. 1500) is from the verb.
Noun
rattle (countable and uncountable, plural rattles)
- (onomatopoeia) a sound made by loose objects shaking or vibrating against one another.
- 1902, Arthur M. Winfield, The Rover Boys in the Mountains Chapter 4
- The rattle of a drum.
- 1902, Arthur M. Winfield, The Rover Boys in the Mountains Chapter 4
- A baby’s toy designed to make sound when shaken, usually containing loose grains or pellets in a hollow container.
- A device that makes a rattling sound such as put on an animal so its location can be heard.
- (music) A musical instrument that makes a rattling sound.
- The rattles of Isis and the cymbals of Brasilea nearly enough resemble each other.
- (dated) Noisy, rapid talk.
- 1627, George Hakewill, Apologie […] of the Power and Providence of God
- All this adoe about the golden age is but an empty rattle and frivolous conceipt.
- 1627, George Hakewill, Apologie […] of the Power and Providence of God
- (uncountable, now rare) Trivial chatter; gossip.
- 1782, Frances Burney, Cecilia, III.v.5:
- “And pray where, Lady Honoria,” cried Mrs. Delvile, “do you contrive to pick up all this rattle?”
- 1782, Frances Burney, Cecilia, III.v.5:
- (dated) A noisy, senseless talker; a jabberer.
- A scolding; a sharp rebuke.
- (Can we find and add a quotation of Heylin to this entry?)
- (zoology) Any organ of an animal having a structure adapted to produce a rattling sound.
- The noise produced in the throat by air passing through mucus which the lungs struggle to clear.
- The noise in the throat produced by the air in passing through mucus which the lungs are unable to expel - sometimes occurs as a person nears death; death rattle.
- Any plant of the genus Rhinanthus, whose seeds produce a rattling noise in the wind.
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Translations
Verb
rattle (third-person singular simple present rattles, present participle rattling, simple past and past participle rattled)
- (transitive, ergative) To create a rattling sound by shaking or striking.
- (transitive, informal) To scare, startle, unsettle, or unnerve.
- 1923, P. G. Wodehouse, The Inimitable Jeeves
- “Tut!” said old Bittlesham. “Tut is right”, I agreed. Then the rumminess of the thing struck me. “But if you haven’t dropped a parcel over the race,” I said, “why are you looking so rattled?”
- 2014, Richard Rae, "Manchester United humbled by MK Dons after Will Grigg hits double", The Guardian, 26 August 2014:
- That United were rattled, mentally as well as at times physically – legitimately so – was beyond question. Nick Powell clipped a crisp drive a foot over the bar, but otherwise Milton Keynes had the best of the remainder of the first half.
- 1923, P. G. Wodehouse, The Inimitable Jeeves
- (intransitive) To make a rattling noise; to make noise by or from shaking.
- (transitive, obsolete) To assail, annoy, or stun with a ratting noise.
- (transitive, obsolete) To scold; to rail at.
- This came to the Bishop's Ear, who presently sent for the Curate, Rattled him to some Tune, with Menaces to the Highest Degree
- To drive or ride briskly, so as to make a clattering.
- To make a clatter with one's voice; to talk rapidly and idly; often with on or away.
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Etymology 2
From Arabic ?????? (ra?l), variant of classical ?????? (ri?l), ultimately from Ancient Greek ????? (lítra). Doublet of liter.
Noun
rattle (plural rattles)
- (historical units of measure) Alternative form of rottol: a former Middle Eastern and North African unit of dry weight usually equal to 1–5 lb (0.5–2.5 kg).
Anagrams
- Tatler, latter
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