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# The BFD Word of the Day
- URL: https://goodoil.news/the-bfd-word-of-the-day-1055/
- Published: 2022-12-20T17:15:00.000Z
- Updated: 2022-10-19T17:38:31.000Z
- Author: David Theobald
- Tags: General, #wp, #wp-post, #Import 2024-07-16 22:34

The word for today is…

transmogrify (noun):

: to change or alter greatly and often with grotesque or humorous effect

Source : [Merriam -Webster](https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/transmogrify?ref=goodoil.news)

Etymology :We know that the prefix trans-, meaning “across” or “beyond,” appears in many words that evoke change, such as transform and transpire, but mogrify is a bit of a mystery. Regardless of the word’s origins, writers have found transmogrify useful for centuries. English dramatist Aphra Behn’s 1671 comic play The Amorous Prince features an early example of the word, and about a century later, Scottish poet Robert Burns used it in his poem “Address to the Unco Guid, or the Rigidly Righteous.” And in the late 20th century, cartoonist Bill Watterson’s comic strip series Calvin and Hobbes featured an invention called a “transmogrifier” (the first iteration was a cardboard box; later a water pistol was a “transmogrifier gun”) that had various transmogrification functions.

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