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protean adjective [ ˈprəʊtɪən ]

• tending or able to change frequently or easily.
• "it is difficult to comprehend the whole of this protean subject"
Similar: ever-changing, variable, changeable, mutable, kaleidoscopic, erratic, quicksilver, inconstant, inconsistent, unstable, unsteady, shifting, uneven, unsettled, fluctuating, chameleon-like, chameleonic, fluid, wavering, vacillating, mercurial, volatile, unpredictable, wayward, unreliable, undependable, peaky, labile, stayless, changeful,
Opposite: constant, consistent,
Origin: late 16th century: from Proteus + -an.


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