Addle (verb)
ad-l
to make or become confused
First recorded before 1000. From Old English adela, meaning “filth, mud.”
Example sentences
“She’s read too many books and it’s addled her brains.”
Wonky (adj) won-kee Not straight or balanced, off kilter. First recorded in 1915–20; perhaps variant of dialectal wanky, equivalent to wank(le) ( Middle English wankel, Old English wancol. (more…)
