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noddifying

noddifying is the present participle and gerund of noddify.

Meaning of noddify

Verb

noddify (third-person singular simple present noddifies, present participle noddifying, simple past and past participle noddified)

  1. (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.1583, Brian Melbancke, Philotimus. The Warre betwixt Nature and Fortune, London: […] Roger Warde, page 32
    Synonyms:
    noddy

Questions about noddifying

What is noddifying the present participle and gerund of?
Noddifying is the present participle and gerund of noddify.

Words near noddifying in the dictionary

  1. noddied
  2. noddies
  3. noddified
  4. noddifies
  5. noddify
  6. noddifying
  7. noddin'
  8. nodding
  9. nodding acquaintance
  10. nodding acquaintances
  11. nodding blue lilies

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