About The Word Protean
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Protean
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What's The Definition Of Protean?
[adj] taking on different forms; "eyes...of that baffling protean gray which is never twice the same"
Synonyms | Synonyms for Protean: variable Related Terms | Find terms related to Protean: See Also | Protean In Webster's Dictionary \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 am[oe]ba is a protean animalcule.
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