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raddled

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raddled /ˈradld /
▸ adjective
1 showing signs of age or fatigue:
Mike finds Nick looking gaunt and raddled
a raddled old rock star.
2 coloured with or as if with raddle:
raddled sheep.
– ORIGIN mid 17th century (in raddled (sense 2 of the adjective)): raddled (sense 1 of the adjective) from raddle in the sense ‘rouge’, by association with the exaggerated use of make-up.