pumpkinification
Verkürbissung
The act of turning into a pumpkinThe act of turning into a pumpkin; usually in jocular opposition to deification.
Meaning
1 senses(uncountable)The act of turning into a pumpkin; usually in jocular opposition to deification.
Verkürbissung
Translations
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By meaning 1
the act of turning into a pumpkin:
Origin
From pumpkin + -ification: a calque of the Ancient Greek ἀποκολοκύντωσις (apokolokúntōsis)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.
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Antonyms
2 antonymsturning into a pumpkin:apotheosisdeification
Word family
3 related wordsLessons for this word
1 lessons- A1Countable and uncountable nouns — Because it can be uncountable