addle-plot
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English
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[edit ]Etymology
[edit ]From addle ("to muddle, to ruin ") + plot ("plan "). In earliest use as a character name in Love for Money by Thomas d'Urfey in 1691. Compare marplot .
Noun
[edit ]addle-plot (plural addle-plots )
- (archaic , idiomatic ) Synonym of spoilsport , one who ruins other's plans or enjoyment of something.
- 2008, Georgette Heyer, Lady of Quality, page 13:
- 'Never shall it be said of me that I'm an addle-plot, I promise you! I collect that you are going to visit a friend, or perhaps a relation?'
- 2023, Richard Milward, Man-Eating Typewriter, page 38:
- ... fash bats and sharpering-omis were after us, those evil eagle-eeked addle-plots who cruised the city.