All 3 Uses of
addle
in
Lonesome Dove
- The sight of a man so addled as to try and get away on a hobbled mule was too much for Deets.†
Chpt 9-10 *addled = mixed up or confused
- "She must have been addled," July said.†
Chpt 81-82
- "She had a hard trip, but she wasn't addled," she said.†
Chpt 81-82
Definitions:
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(1)
(addle) mix up or confuse
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(2)
(meaning too rare to warrant focus) meaning too rare to warrant focus:
Much more rarely, addled can refer to an egg whose embryo is dead.