metamorphosis
nounEtymology
First attested in 1533, from Latin metamorphōsis, from Ancient Greek μεταμόρφωσις (metamórphōsis), from μετά (metá, “change”) + μορφή (morphḗ, “form”). Analyzable as meta- + -morph + -osis
- derived from μεταμόρφωσις
- borrowed from metamorphōsis
Definitions
A transformation, such as one performed by magic.
- With Severne she along doth go, / Her Metamorphosis to show ; / And makes the wand’ring Wy declaim / In honour of the British name.
- Where is the gloriously-decisive change, / Metamorphosis the immeasurable / Of human clay to divine gold, we looked / Should, in some poor sort, justify its price ?
A noticeable change in character, appearance, function, or condition.
- The station has been refurbished both at ground level and below ground, where the wide, fluorescently lit platforms are an almost unrecognisable metamorphosis of the dingy, reeking Low Level of old.
A change in the form and often habits of an animal after the embryonic stage during…
A change in the form and often habits of an animal after the embryonic stage during normal development (e.g. the transformation of a caterpillar into a butterfly or a tadpole into a frog).
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A change, usually degenerative, in the structure of a specific body tissue.
The neighborhood
- neighbormetamorphic
- neighbormetamorphose
- neighbormetamorphosize
- neighbormetamorphism
Vish — recursive loop
A definitional loop anchored at metamorphosis. Each word in the ring is defined by the next; follow the chain far enough and it folds back on itself. Scroll to it and watch.
A definitional loop anchored at metamorphosis. Each word in the ring appears in the definition of the next; follow the chain far enough and it folds back on itself.
7 hops · closes at metamorphosis
curated · pre-corpus. live cycle detection across the full graph is the next major milestone.
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