addlebrained

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ad•dle•brained

(ˈæd lˌbreɪnd)

adj.

having or showing a muddled or confused mind.

[1865–70]

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addlebrained - stupid and confused; "blathering like the addlepated nincompoop that you are"; "a confused puddingheaded, muddleheaded fellow"- Isaac Sterne

addlepated, muddleheaded, puddingheaded

confused - mentally confused; unable to think with clarity or act intelligently; "the flood of questions left her bewildered and confused"

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There, each order works independently that in one way or another influences the subject, as Funes reveals "that before that rainy afternoon when the blue-grey horse threw him, he had been what all" subjects "are: blind, deaf, addlebrained, absent-minded" (Borges 72).

Borromean (De)Knot in Jorge Luis Borges's "Funes, the memorious"

So the next time you call someone addlebrained or addlepated, smile to yourself, for you are saying more about that person than that person might suspect.