noddeen.
/nɒˈdiː/, U.S. /nɑˈdi/ rare.† 1. A person who causes nodding or drowsiness. Obsolete.
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the mind > emotion > suffering > feeling of weariness or tedium > [noun] > tedious or dull person
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insipid1699
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bore1812
Dryasdust1819
insipidity1822
prose1844
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terebrant1890
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binder1930
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noodge1968
anorak1984
a1680 H. Martyn in J. Aubrey Brief Lives (1898) II. 46 Mr. Speaker, a motion has beene to turne out the Nodders; I desire the Noddees may also be turn'd out.
2. A person who is nodded to.
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the world > movement > motion in specific manner > alternating or reciprocating motion > [noun] > nodding the head > nod > one nodded to
noddee1810
1810 Sporting Mag. 35 250 Nodding his head at him [he] significantly added, ‘I am the nodder and you are the noddee.’
1868 A. E. Senter Diddler 20 I nod at you; then I am the nodder and your lordship is the noddee.
1990 Sydney Morning Herald 30 Mar. As one who has been on both sides of these idiot scenes (as nodder and noddee) I can tell you they are ludicrous.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2003; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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