Noddify

verb

verb ·Rare ·Advanced level

Definitions

Verb
  1. 1
    To make (someone) into a noddy (“silly or stupid person”); to make a fool of, to make a monkey out of. obsolete, transitive

    "If I bee zealous in affection, and iealous of her faithe, I ſmoulder away inwardly, without any remedy: If ſhe make me weare hoꝛnes and I not perceiue it, I am noddified of her, and pointed at of others: and so, they crowne a cuckold with a combe, and this is their deſire."

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"If I bee zealous in affection, and iealous of her faithe, I ſmoulder away inwardly, without any remedy: If ſhe make me weare hoꝛnes and I not perceiue it, I am noddified of her, and pointed at of others: and so, they crowne a cuckold with a combe, and this is their deſire."

Etymology

From noddy + -fy. First attested in 1583 (see quotations).

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