Definitions for: Protean

[adj] taking on different forms; "eyes...of that baffling protean gray which is never twice the same"

Webster (1913) Definition: Pro"te*an, a.
1. Of or pertaining to Proteus; characteristic of Proteus. ``
Protean transformations.'' --Cudworth.

2. Exceedingly variable; readily assuming different shapes or
forms; as, an am[oe]ba is a protean animalcule.

Synonyms: variable