NODDY


Meaning of NODDY in English

n.

Pronunciation: ' nä-d ē

Function: noun

Inflected Form: plural noddies

Etymology: probably short for obsolete noddypoll, alteration of hoddypoll fumbling inept person

Date: circa 1530

1 : a stupid person

2 : any of several stout-bodied terns (esp. genus Anous ) of warm seas

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