chameleonic
Word Rarity
Very rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.33 in modern English
20
Scrabble Score
11
Letters
2
Syllables
9
Unique Chars
Meaning
adj
Resembling a chameleon: readily changing color or other attributes.
Example Sentences
- "But it's worth noting that, despite the dancers' skintight unitards (of a chameleonic fabric that picked up whatever color shone on it), the sexes are barely distinguishable."
- "David Johansen, the chameleonic and charismatic vocalist who fronted the New York Dolls and found solo success under the moniker Buster Poindexter, died on Friday, his publicist confirmed to NPR."
Etymology
Etymology tree English chameleon Proto-Indo-European *-ikos Proto-Italic *-ikos Latin -icuslbor. Old French -iquebor. Middle English -ik English -ic English chameleonic From chameleon + -ic.
Inflected Forms
more chameleonic (comparative)
most chameleonic (superlative)