noddify means to make (someone) into a noddy (“silly or stupid person”); to make a fool of, to make a monkey out of.
Etymology
From noddy + -fy. First attested in 1583 (see quotations).
verb
- 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.”