Etymology

pumpkinification

Today it means: The act of turning into a pumpkin; usually in jocular opposition to deification. Full definition →

Ancient Greek ἀποκολοκύντωσις ← Latin apocolocyntosis
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  1. Latin · derived fromapocolocyntosis
  2. Ancient Greek · derived fromἀποκολοκύντωσις
  3. English todaypumpkinification

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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