protean

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1. protean - Noun

2. protean - Adjective

3. protean - Adjective Satellite

Meaning

Of or pertaining to Proteus; characteristic of Proteus.

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

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...as with most redheaded women what beauty she possessed was protean and odd. Michael Chabon

I distrusted him from the start! Still, who could imagine such protean depravity?" Bunderwal, the supercargo, concurred. "Cugel, while plausible, nonetheless is a bit of a scoundrel. Jack Vance

This substance, which is manifold in its forms and protean in its transformations, has, in its state of living matter, one physiological name which has become familiar, that of protoplasm. Asa Gray

Laurence Tribe's constitutional theory is difficult to describe, for it is protean and takes whatever form is necessary at the moment to reach a desired result. Robert Bork

The protean nature of the computer is such that it can act like a machine or like a language to be shaped and exploited. Alan Kay

eyes...of that baffling protean grey which is never twice the same Source: Internet

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