Definitions
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- noun The act of turning into a
pumpkin ; usually in jocular opposition todeification .
Etymologies
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A calque of the Greek Ἀποκολοκύντωσις via the Latin Apocolocyntosis or Apokolokyntosis. From the title of the work Apocolocyntosis (divi) Claudii, a satire on the deification of Claudius.
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Examples
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There is extant among the works of Seneca a little treatise called Apocolocuntosis, that is, pumpkinification, or the metamorphosis into a gourd, a sharp satire levelled against the apotheosis of the Emperor Claudius.
The Destiny of the Soul A Critical History of the Doctrine of a Future Life William Rounseville Alger 1863
whichbe commented on the word pumpkinification
Extravagant or absurdly uncritical glorification.
May 11, 2008
sionnach commented on the word pumpkinification
Alternatively, seducing someone to commit incest.
May 11, 2008
yarb commented on the word pumpkinification
Or dressing someone up as a pumpkin, as I plan to do to my daughter this halloween.
May 11, 2008
mollusque commented on the word pumpkinification
See apocolocyntosis (divi Claudii).
February 24, 2009
chained_bear commented on the word pumpkinification
I immediately assumed it was what happened to Cinderella's coach.
February 24, 2009
sionnach commented on the word pumpkinification
See, e.g. enterprise meal
December 19, 2009