Meanings
present singular third person nominifies · participle present nominifying · participle past nominified · past nominified
- human sciencesTo convert into a noun.
Especially since "Sequel" would be more appropriately nominified as "Squeal".
2010 April 3, Richard Bos, “Helldesk ticket of the month”, in alt.sysadmin.recovery (Usenet)3 more examples
In English we tend to nominify— that is, to turn verbs and adjectives into nouns (the first version of this sentence began, "There is a tendency in English...").
1969, Allan Danzig, Edith Schor, Thesis: Rhetoric of the Essay, page 310I think Shakespeare verbified a great many nouns, and nominified (if that's a word!) quite a few verbs too.
2002 January 3, Norm DePloom, “{ASSD} Pseudo-Victorian Porn & MS Word Don't Mix”, in alt.sex.stories.d (Usenet)English has been verbifying nouns for ever, (and nominifying verbs too for good measure).
2018 March 21, Kimberley Lear, “What are the origins of the UK vs. US word differences ‘acclimatise’ vs. ‘acclimate’ and ‘burgled’ vs. ‘burglarised’?”, in Quora
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nominify. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/nominify
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