pumpkinification

The English word “pumpkinification” has 1 meaning listed here.

noun

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

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.

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