Transmogrify Definition
trăns-mŏgrə-fī, trănz-
transmogrified, transmogrifies, transmogrifying
verb
transmogrified, transmogrifies, transmogrifying
To change completely; transform, esp. in a grotesque or strange manner.
Webster's New World
To be thoroughly changed.
American Heritage
Origin of Transmogrify
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Origin uncertain, but possibly from transmigure or transmigrate. It is also possible that this word is a formation derived from maugre, hence it originally signified the "evil eye", but under the influence of the former etymologies shifted its meaning to its sense of "transformation". Another possibility is a humorous blending of transfigure and modify.
From Wiktionary
Origin unknown
From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition
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