PROTEAN

protean

(adjective) taking on different forms; “eyes...of that baffling protean grey which is never twice the same”

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Etymology

Adjective

protean (comparative more protean, superlative most protean)

Exceedingly variable; readily assuming different shapes or forms.

• William A. Henry III

Alternative letter-case form of Protean (of or relating to Proteus).

Synonyms

• (exceedingly variable; readily assuming different shapes or forms): multiform, polymorphic, polymorphous; See also multiform

Anagrams

• Paterno, operant, pronate, tropane

Adjective

Protean

Of or relating to Proteus

Synonyms

• protean

Anagrams

• Paterno, operant, pronate, tropane

Source: Wiktionary


Pro"te*an, a.

1. Of or pertaining to Proteus; characteristic of Proteus. " Protean transformations." Cudworth.

2. Exceedingly variable; readily assuming different shapes or forms; as, an amoeba is a protean animalcule.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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UNAMBIGUOUS

(adjective) having or exhibiting a single clearly defined meaning; “As a horror, apartheid...is absolutely unambiguous”- Mario Vargas Llosa


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