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(ăd'l-pā'tĭd) pronunciation
adj.
  1. Befuddled; confused.
  2. Eccentric; peculiar: "[Her] estates . . . are odes to addlepated excess, a melange of priceless antiques and thrift-store horrors" (Michelle Green).
  3. Senseless; mad: "led the addlepated charge of the Light Brigade at Balaclava" (Thomas Flanagan).

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