noddify

== English == === Etymology === From noddy +‎ -fy. First attested in 1583 (see quotations). === Verb === noddify (third-person singular simple present noddifies, present participle noddifying, simple past and past participle noddified) (transitive, obsolete) To make (someone) into a noddy (“silly or stupid person”); to make a fool of, to make a monkey out of. Synonym: (obsolete, rare) noddy === Further reading === “noddify, v.”, in OED Online ⁠, Oxford: Oxford University Press, launched 2000.