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addled

addled

9.0
An egg that is rotten and not safe to eat
  • adjective
  • /ˈæd.əld/
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Examples

  • It's the crack-addled predator on Third who harasses me for the entire block every time he sees me coming.

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  • The addled eggs were discarded, as they were no longer safe to eat.

  • At the market, I found a dozen addled eggs that should be thrown away.

  • She avoided using the addled eggs after noticing they were rotten.

Synonyms

inedible
vsaddled
11 4.5

Not safe to eat because it can make you sick

refers to eggs that are rotten and no longer fit to eat
spoiled
vsaddled
1 1.8

Food that is no longer safe to eat because it has gone bad

applies specifically to eggs that are rotten rather than all food

Antonyms

fresh
778 1.0

Recently made or gathered food that is not spoiled

fit
79 1.0

Suitable and good enough for a particular purpose

How Rotten

putrid
12 7.0
rotten
81 1.0
addled
9.0
spoiled
1 1.8

Surface Forms

addled positive

Morphology

addled = addle (transparent) = addle + ed

Regular past-participial/adjectival formation from the verb 'addle'; the meaning (rotten) directly follows from the verb sense.

Etymology

Addled originally described eggs that had gone bad. It comes from the old root addle, which meant 'rotten' or 'spoiled', so an addled egg is not fit to eat.