Meaning of noddify | Babel Free

Definitions

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

obsolete, transitive

Examples

“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.”

“[…] ſo as M. Collins who hath deifyed him, calling him the diuine man, might rather haue noddified him, and himſelf for company, when he meant to noddify me.”

“[…] and howſoever the weaker brethren muſt be entertained with fair words, and noddified with notional diſputes anent their parity with the beſt, that they may think themſelves ſomewhat: […]”

“And now laboureth to noddify all into a conſent & congratulatory acquieſcence in his advancement and dignity.”

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