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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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