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transmogrify
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trans-
mog
-r
uh
-fahy
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tranz-
]
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trans·mog·ri·fy
/
trænsˈmɒg
rəˌfaɪ
,
trænz-
/
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[
trans-
mog
-r
uh
-fahy
,
tranz-
]
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verb (used with object),
-fied,
-fy·ing.
to change in appearance or form, especially strangely or grotesquely; transform.
Origin:
1650–60;
earlier also
transmigrify, transmography;
apparently a pseudo-Latinism with
trans-
,
-ify
Related forms
trans·mog·ri·fi·ca·tion,
noun
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transmogrify
(trænzˈmɒɡrɪˌfaɪ)
—
vb
,
-fies
,
-fying
,
-fied
jocular
(
tr
) to change or transform into a different shape, esp a grotesque or bizarre one
[C17: of unknown origin]
transmogrifi'cation
—
n
Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 10th Edition
2009 © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins
Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009
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Word Origin & History
transmogrify
"to change completely," 1656, apparently a perversion of transmigure, from transmigrate, perhaps influenced by
modify
.
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2010 Douglas Harper
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