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Turning a hedgehog into a pincushion on purpose, badly, in class.
means A dramatic change in form or appearance that reveals something's inner nature, often used of a glorified or elevated transformation.
from From Latin transfigurare, 'to change shape' — trans- ('across, beyond') plus figura ('shape, form,' the root also behind 'figure'). It entered English through religious usage describing a radiant change of appearance, then broadened into any striking transformation — long before it became the subject nobody could turn their matchstick into a needle in.
- harry potter
- McGonagall teaches it; it is notoriously hard to master
- biblical origin
- Jesus glowing on a mountain, witnessed by three apostles
- real meaning
- a complete change of form, not just appearance
- key rule
- turning objects into food cannot make them edible