pumpkinifyv.
/pʌm(p)ˈkɪnᵻfʌɪ/, U.S. /ˌpəm(p)ˈkɪnəˌfaɪ/ rare.
transitive. To make a pumpkin of, subject to pumpkinification.
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1899 Athenæum 8 July 71/3 The unhappy Emperor Claudius, who has gone down to posterity as mercilessly ‘pumpkinified’ by Seneca.
1985 M. L. Colish Stoic Trad. Antiq. to Early Middle Ages I. i. 34 The emperor Claudius, far from being apotheosized, is pumpkinified, or shown to have been a pumpkin-head all along.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2007; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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v.1899- to have for decided
- to have for execution
- to have force
- to have force to do
- to have formerly also get a person on also upon the hip
- to have formerly also take a person on also upon the hip
- to have found a mare's nest
- to have free shot
- to have fun
- to have fun with
- to have get egg on one's face
- to have get the victory
- to have glee
- to have glee of
- to have going
- to have going for one
- to have gone and done it again
- to have gone at the
- to have good hands
- to have good right
- to have got 'em
- to have got 'em bad
- to have got bars
- to have got by the balls
- to have got it bad