"wussify" meaning in English

See wussify in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Verb

Audio: En-au-wussify.ogg Forms: wussifies [present, singular, third-person], wussifying [participle, present], wussified [participle, past], wussified [past]
Etymology: wuss + -ify Etymology templates: {{suffix|en|wuss|ify}} wuss + -ify Head templates: {{en-verb}} wussify (third-person singular simple present wussifies, present participle wussifying, simple past and past participle wussified)
  1. (slang) To make weak and ineffectual. Tags: slang Derived forms: wussification

Inflected forms

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