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transmogrify

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

verb (used with object)

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


transmogrify

/ ٰæԳˈɒɡɪˌڲɪ /

verb

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

  • ٰԲˌDzھˈپDz, noun
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Other 51Թ Forms

  • ٰԲ·Dzr·ھ·tDz noun
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51Թ History and Origins

Origin of transmogrify1

1650–60; earlier also transmigrify, transmography; apparently a pseudo-Latinism with transfigure or transmigrate + -ify
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51Թ History and Origins

Origin of transmogrify1

C17: of unknown origin
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The air around me was sour and stale, transmogrified by a mass of sweating bodies.

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Seeing Powell transmogrify from nerdy Gary to five o’clock shadow Ron and back again is both hilarious and tantalizing, while Arjona has a big-eyed innocence crossed with wily smarts that keeps everyone, including Gary, guessing.

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In other words, what if Trump’s contention that he magically transmogrified the classified documents into his personal property were a valid factual defense rather than a meritless legal claim?

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According to cast member Kyle Sullivan, “There was this weird dynamic where they were taking something that exists in an adult context, like ‘Fear Factor,’ and transmogrifying it for kids.

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Not because they’re heating up, but because they are transmogrifying into their gaseous state.

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