Romeo and Juliet 3.1 Word Nerd: "addle"

The video explains that some hens lay eggs with thin shells, known as wind eggs by the ancient Greeks. The Greek word for wind, Oreos, was mistranslated by Romans into Latin as urine eggs. This term evolved into 'addle egg' in English, which was used figuratively to describe something useless, like a brain that is confused or unclear. The term 'addle' is still used today to describe confusion.

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