transmogrify

[ trans-mog-ruh-fahy, tranz- ]

verb (used with object)

, trans·mog·ri·fied, trans·mog·ri·fy·ing.

1. to change in appearance or form, especially strangely or grotesquely; transform.

transmogrify

/ trænzˈmɒɡrɪˌfaɪ /

verb

1. humorous.
   tr to change or transform into a different shape, esp a grotesque or bizarre one

Derived Forms

• transˌmogrifiˈcation, noun

Other Words From

• trans·mogri·fi·cation noun

Word History and Origins

Origin of transmogrify¹

1650–60; earlier also transmigrify, transmography; apparently a pseudo-Latinism with transfigure or transmigrate + -ify

Word History and Origins

Origin of transmogrify¹

C17: of unknown origin