nannify
/ˈnanɪfʌɪ/rare
verb
[with object] To treat in a nannyish, overprotective, or interfering manner.
Origin
1960s; earliest use found in The Listener. From nanny + -ify.
- passive debt
- passive-dependent
- passive euthanasia
- passive immunity
- passively
- passive matrix
- passiveness
- passive obedience
- passive prayer
- passive rate
- passive representation
- passive-resist
- passive resistance
- passive-resistant
- passive-resister
- passive restraint
- passive smoke
- passive smoker
- passive smoking
- passive title
- passive transport
- passive trust
- passive use
- passive voice
- passivise