pumpkinification

Etymology
From : a calque of the via the. From the title of the work Apocolocyntosis (divi) Claudii, a satire on the deification of Claudius.

Noun

 * 1) The act of turning into a pumpkin; usually in jocular opposition to deification.
 * 2) * 1870, George Long, s.n. "Seneca, L. Annaeus", page 781 in Dictionary of Greek and Roman Biography and Mythology, volume III.
 * Apocolocyntosis, is a satire against the emperor Claudius. The word is a play on the term Apotheosis or deification, and is equivalent in meaning to Pumpkinification, or the reception of Claudius among the pumpkins.
 * 1) * 1992, Peter Russell, The Pound connection: in some poems, mainly uncollected or unpublished, Institut für Anglistik und Amerikanistik, Universität Salzburg,
 * Brodsky's recent pumpkinification as America's "laureate" might be considered as a typical example of officialdom's "laureate" criteria.
 * Brodsky's recent pumpkinification as America's "laureate" might be considered as a typical example of officialdom's "laureate" criteria.

Antonyms

 * apotheosis, deification

Translations

 * French:
 * German: Apocolocyntosis
 * Greek:
 * Ancient Greek: ἀποκολοκύντωσις
 * Italian: apokolokyntosis, apocolocintesi, zucchificazione
 * Latin: apocolocyntosis
 * Polish: apokolokyntoza