Protean

By Deane Barker tags: definition

Definition: able of taking many forms

Proteus was a Greek god of the sea. The word comes from the mutable, variable characteristic of the sea.

Why I Looked It Up

In A Spell for Chameleon:

How would Crombie and Sabrina have gotten along together. The ultimately demanding and suspiciously male, the ultimately artful and protean female. Would the soldier’s inherent ferocity constitute a challenge to the girl’s powers of accommodation?

Sabrina had been previously characterized as a woman who could change her personality to get what she wanted.

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