metamorphosis
pronunciation
How to pronounce metamorphosis in British English:
UK [ˌmetəˈmɔ:fəsɪs]
How to pronounce metamorphosis in American English:
US [ˌmetəˈmɔrfəsɪs]
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- Noun:
- the marked and rapid transformation of a larva into an adult that occurs in some animals
- a striking change in appearance or character or circumstances
- a complete change of physical form or substance especially as by magic or witchcraft
Word Origin
- metamorphosis (n.)
- 1530s, "change of form or shape," especially by witchcraft, from Latin metamorphosis, from Greek metamorphosis "a transforming, a transformation," from metamorphoun "to transform, to be transfigured," from meta- "change" (see meta-) + morphe "form" (see Morpheus). Biological sense is from 1660s. As the title of Ovid's work, late 14c., Metamorphoseos, from Latin Metamorphoses (plural).
Example
- 1. And they had slimmer chances of surviving metamorphosis , too .
- 2. Marx 's alienation theory in a beetleshell ...... steven berkoff in kafka 's metamorphosis .
- 3. The culmination of this metamorphosis was a wave of initial public offerings that began in 2005 .
- 4. That metamorphosis has been completed by the flotation of agricultural bank of china , the last of the five big state-owned banks to list .
- 5. The metamorphosis could be altering his mind .