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protean |
2 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Protean \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. From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: protean adj : taking on different forms; "eyes...of that baffling protean gray which is never twice the same"
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