"vanillafy" meaning in All languages combined

See vanillafy on Wiktionary

Verb [English]

Forms: vanillafies [present, singular, third-person], vanillafying [participle, present], vanillafied [participle, past], vanillafied [past]
Etymology: vanilla + -fy Etymology templates: {{suffix|en|vanilla|fy}} vanilla + -fy Head templates: {{en-verb}} vanillafy (third-person singular simple present vanillafies, present participle vanillafying, simple past and past participle vanillafied)
  1. (informal, transitive) To make generic, tame, or anodyne. Tags: informal, transitive
    Sense id: en-vanillafy-en-verb-0oXdTyze Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English terms suffixed with -fy

Inflected forms

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