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   protean

   /ˈprəʊtɪən/

   adjective

   • 1. tending or able to change frequently or easily: "it is difficult to comprehend the whole of this protean subject" Similar ever-changingvariablechangeablemutablekaleidoscopicerraticquicksilverinconstantinconsistentunstableunsteadyshiftingunevenunsettledfluctuatingchameleon-likechameleonicfluidwaveringvacillatingmercurialvolatileunpredictablewaywardunreliableundependableinformal:peakytechnical:labilerare:staylesschangefulOpposite constantconsistent
   • ▪ able to do many different things; versatile: "protean thinkers who scan the horizons of work and society" Similar versatileadaptableflexibleall-roundmultifacetedmultitalentedmany-sidedresourcefulmalleableOpposite limited

   Word Origin late 16th century: from Proteus + -an.

   Derivatives

   • 1. proteanism noun

   Scrabble Points: 9

   • P

     3

   • R

     1

   • O

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   • T

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   • E

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   • A

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   • N

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