addleness

English

Etymology

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 […]