TPPM _The Gift_: Sentence 3: transmogrified

Glenn Scheper glenn_scheper at earthlink.net
Tue Sep 14 09:24:06 CDT 2004


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 1 entry found for transmogrified.
 trans·mog·ri·fy (
 P )
 Pronunciation Key (trns-mgr-f,
 trnz-)
 tr.v.
 trans·mog·ri·fied,
 trans·mog·ri·fy·ing,
 trans·mog·ri·fies To change into a different shape or form,
 especially one that is fantastic or bizarre.
 See Synonyms at convert.


 [Origin unknown.]

 trans·mogri·fi·cation (-f-kshn)
 n.

I donno how the origins can be unknown.
There's obviously the word ogre in there.
But opinion fills all my gaps and lapses.

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Glenn Scheper
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