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Protean

Protean Meaning & Definition
Protean Definition And Meaning

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

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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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