metamorphosist

English

Etymology

From metamorphos(is) +‎ -ist.

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /mɛtəˈmɔːfəsɪst/

Noun

metamorphosist (plural metamorphosists)

1. Someone who causes or undergoes a metamorphosis. [from 20th c.]
   • 1990, Camille Paglia, Sexual Personae:

     She is a metamorphosist who can change gold to dross, joy to horror.