sillification
nounEtymology From silly + -fication.
1
The process of making something silly.
- I think I should find vulgarization less painful than the sillification achieved by the BBC.19 June 1957, J. R. R. Tolkien, letter to Rayner Unwin:
- Obviously, self-sillification should be avoided. Nevertheless, it takes a long time — many reiterations of "How do you know?" — to get a lawyer to look comical.2007, Priscilla Anne Schwab, The Litigation Manual: First Supplement, page 1149: