addle
n (now ) liquid filth.
adj putrid; bad (eg of an egg); barren, empty; muddled.
vt and vi to make or become confused, muddled; to make or become rotten.
[OE adela mud]
Think the clue was 'rotten' wasn't it and were you not given this answer in your earlier post?
yes I kindly was given but I had already posted 2nd question, the funny thing was the Answerbank would not accept my question with the word r-t-en, it kept refusing me.
Lateness due to bing away at the weekend & no access to computer. best regatds to all my "little helpers" [ and big ones].