English Explanatory Dictionary

pumpkinification

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. The act of turning into a pumpkin; usually in jocular opposition to deification.

Word forms

pumpkinification

Etymology

From pumpkin + -ification: a calque of the Ancient Greek ἀποκολοκύντωσις (apokolokúntōsis) via the Latin apocolocyntosis. From the title of the work Apocolocyntosis (divi) Claudii, a satire on the deification of Claudius.

Antonyms

apotheosis deification

Related words

pumpkin pumpkinless pumpkinseed
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