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A Dictionary of the Older Scottish Tongue (up to 1700)

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First published 1971 (DOST Vol. IV).
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Quotation dates: 1669

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Noddify, v. [Nonce formation from e.m.E. noddy a fool (1530).] tr. To make a simpleton or simpletons of, befool, trick. —1669 Jus Populi 445.
It seemeth he is content now to be noddified with a notional disput 1669 Ib. 446.
And now laboureth to noddify all into a consent … in his advancement

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