Definition of "addle-brain" [ad•dle-brain]

• A foolish or dull-witted person. (noun)

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• "It was the same that he had summoned one evening at the Hotel Steinbock, and treated there as an addle-brain, as a visionary, and even as an imbecile; but this time he gave him a more indulgent and gracious reception."