Definitions for protean

protean pro·te·an

Spelling: [proh-tee-uh n, proh-tee-]
IPA: /ˈproʊ ti ən, proʊˈti-/

Protean is a 7 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 9 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 11 points.

You can make 304 anagrams from letters in protean (aenoprt).

Definitions for protean

adjective

  1. readily assuming different forms or characters; extremely variable.
  2. changeable in shape or form, as an amoeba.
  3. (of an actor or actress) versatile; able to play many kinds of roles.
  4. (initial capital letter) of, relating to, or suggestive of Proteus.

Origin of protean

First recorded in 1590-1600; Prote(us) + -an

Examples for protean

All language is protean, a moment-in-time snap-shot of evolution in action.

Lupus is a protean disease that can cause inflammation in just about every part of the body, including the synovium.

Yet how, in this age of protean trends and indecipherable jargon, are we to draw the line?

The Scottish ballads may scarce be so multitudinous and protean a host as this.

They are more to be dreaded than the protean devil of which you speak.

There seemed a sense that his blackness alone lent him a protean kind of wisdom, power, promise—hope, we might recall.

It is the magic water, the protean thing so full of light, laughter and music.

There is only one Mephistopheles; but he is protean in shape.

As you stare at the protean work, the massive, fake, ink landscape fools you.

The inner being is protean and has a thousand changes of apparel.

Word Value for protean
Scrable

9

Words with friends

11

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