Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

proteanism

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: pro-teanism
IPA

14

Scrabble Score

10

Letters

2

Syllables

10

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

The quality of being easily, continuously, and vastly changeable, versatile, or able to take on many different forms.

Uncountable

Example Sentences

"Despite the proteanism of his intellect, there seems to be about his life work something serene [...]"

Etymology

protean + -ism.

Word Breakdown

Suffix: protean

Usage

Uncountable

Questions

What does proteanism mean?: The quality of being easily, continuously, and vastly changeable, versatile, or able to take on many different forms.
Where does proteanism come from?: protean + -ism.

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