transmogrify
[ trans-mog-ruh-fahy, tranz- ]
verb (used with object),trans·mog·ri·fied, trans·mog·ri·fy·ing.
to change in appearance or form, especially strangely or grotesquely; transform.
Origin of transmogrify
11650–60; earlier also transmigrify, transmography; apparently a pseudo-Latinism with transfigure or transmigrate + -ify
Other words from transmogrify
- trans·mog·ri·fi·ca·tion, noun
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How to use transmogrify in a sentence
You have only to look at that Lucifer's own country, where the sun transmogrifies everything, and magnifies it beyond life-size.
British Dictionary definitions for transmogrify
transmogrify
/ (trænzˈmɒɡrɪˌfaɪ) /
verb-fies, -fying or -fied
(tr) jocular to change or transform into a different shape, esp a grotesque or bizarre one
Origin of transmogrify
1C17: of unknown origin
Derived forms of transmogrify
- transmogrification, noun
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