English Explanatory Dictionary

debigulate

English dictionary entry

Meanings

verb
  1. To reduce or shrink; to make or become smaller.

Word forms

debigulate debigulates debigulating debigulated

Etymology

Back-formation from Debigulator, itself from de- + big + -ule + -ate + -or, a fictional shrink ray featured in the 1996 episode "Treehouse of Horror VII" of the American animated television series The Simpsons.

Synonyms

ensmallen

Antonyms

embiggen
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