noddify

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noddify

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

verb noddifies · noddifying · noddified

obsolete, transitive To make (someone) into a noddy (“silly or stupid person”); to make a fool of, to make a monkey out of. 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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@misc{noddify_2026,
  title = {noddify},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/noddify},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}