Silly, confused, or unable to think clearly; habitually foolish or scatterbrained.
Adjective form of 'addlebrain,' formed by adding '-ed' to create an adjectival meaning 'having an addled brain.'
Shakespeare and other writers loved this word because it's so vividly insulting—you're not just saying someone's wrong, you're saying their thinking apparatus itself is permanently scrambled.
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