addleness

addleness

English

Etymology

Etymology tree
English addle
Proto-Germanic *-in-
Proto-Indo-European *-h₂
Proto-Indo-European *-éh₂
Proto-Indo-European *-yéti
Proto-Indo-European *-eh₂yéti
Proto-Indo-European *-h₂ti
Proto-Germanic *-ōną
Proto-Germanic *-inōną
Proto-Indo-European *-dyé-
Proto-Germanic *-atjaną
Proto-Indo-European *-tus
Proto-Germanic *-þuz
Proto-Germanic *-assuz
Proto-Germanic *-inassuz
Proto-West Germanic *-nassī
Old English -nes
Middle English -nesse
English -ness
English addleness

    From addle + -ness.

    Noun

    addleness (uncountable)

    1. The state or quality of being addle.
      • 1872, American Bee Journal, volumes 7-8, page 146:
        The "addleness" of these eggs was consequently merely apparent. Their failure to hatch did not result from lack of inherent power of development […]
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