transmogrify \tran(t)s-ˈmä-grə-ˌfī, tranz-\ transitive verb: to change or alter greatly and often with grotesque or humorous effect
intransitive verb: to become transmogrified
Etymology: origin unknown
“It was a transmogrifying bee / Came droning down on Chucky’s old bald head / And sat and put the poison. It scarcely bled, / But how exceedingly / And purply did the knot / Swell with the venom and communicate / Its rigour!”
— John Crowe Ransom, “Janet Waking”
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Kudos for quoting Ransom. It's funny, when I read yesterday's post, "Transmigrate," I thought immediately of the word transmogrify and (it goes without saying) this very poem. Well done.
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