addle pate
Noun

addle pate (plural addle pates)

  1. (archaic, idiom) A foolish or dull-witted person.
    • I tellee once again you've an addle pate o' your own! [...] Squire Nincompoop!
    • 1882, Frank Lee Benedict, Miss Alderly's Law-Suit, published in Peterson's Magazine, volumes 81-82, page 443:
      Then he executed a war-dance, and at its close stepped before Crawford, regarded him for an instant, and croaked out:
      "Addle-pate! Addle-pate!"
      "Upon my word, I believe you are the foul fiend himself," muttered Mark.
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