transmogrification

C2+ Topic:Abstract Ideas

US /trænsˌmɑɡrəfəˈkeɪʃən/ UK /trænzˌmɒɡrɪfɪˈkeɪʃən/ See IPA manual

Meanings

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noun
a transformation, especially a grotesque or surprising one

The story tracks the boy's transmogrification into a beast.

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Synonyms

1 noun · a transformation,... transformation metamorphosis transmutation conversion mutation

Word family

Related forms transmogrify

Etymology

From transmogrify + -ation; transmogrify is of unknown origin, a fanciful 17th-century coinage perhaps mock-Latin in shape, possibly playing on transmigrate or transform.

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Abstract Ideas Word Formation & Derivatives

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# transmogrification

**Type:** Word
**Level:** C2+
**Part of speech:** noun
**IPA (US):** /trænsˌmɑɡrəfəˈkeɪʃən/
**IPA (UK):** /trænzˌmɒɡrɪfɪˈkeɪʃən/

## Meanings
1. a transformation, especially a grotesque or surprising one

## Examples
- The story tracks the boy's transmogrification into a beast.

## Synonyms
- transformation
- metamorphosis
- transmutation
- conversion
- mutation

## Related Forms
- transmogrify

## Etymology
From transmogrify + -ation; transmogrify is of unknown origin, a fanciful 17th-century coinage perhaps mock-Latin in shape, possibly playing on transmigrate or transform.

## AI Etymology
Transmogrification comes from transmogrify + -ation; transmogrify is of unknown origin, a fanciful 17th-century coinage perhaps mock-Latin in shape, possibly playing on transmigrate or transform. The formation is best read as suffixal and borrowed: the word transmogrification carries its older form-history into a compact English lexical shape. In present English it is used as a noun, "a transformation, especially a grotesque or surprising one". Related English forms include transmogrify. The result is a noun whose etymology preserves both the older form and the later English specialization.

## Topics
- Abstract Ideas
- Word Formation & Derivatives

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