Associations to the word «Protean»

Wiktionary

PROTEAN, adjective. Exceedingly variable; readily assuming different shapes or forms.
PROTEAN, adjective. Of or pertaining to Proteus; characteristic of Proteus.
PROTEAN, adjective. Of or relating to Proteus

Dictionary definition

PROTEAN, adjective. Taking on different forms; "eyes...of that baffling protean grey which is never twice the same".

Wise words

The chief virtue that language can have is clearness, and nothing detracts from it so much as the use of unfamiliar words.
Hippocrates