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Wordnet 3.0

ADJECTIVE (1)

1. taking on different forms;
- Example: "eyes...of that baffling protean grey which is never twice the same"



The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Protean \Pro"te*an\, a.
   1. Of or pertaining to Proteus; characteristic of Proteus. "
      Protean transformations." --Cudworth.
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   2. Exceedingly variable; readily assuming different shapes or
      forms; as, an am[oe]ba is a protean animalcule.
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WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

protean
    adj 1: taking on different forms; "eyes...of that baffling
           protean grey which is never twice the same"