protean.

Capable of frequent or varied changes of form or character.

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• protean shape

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Its protean shape resisted description.

The antagonist’s protean character frustrated every prediction.

Usage notes

Primary category: horror. Forms: Comparative more protean; superlative most protean where gradation is meaningful. Legacy lexical fields mirror sense 1 only. Use numbered sense fields for all meanings.