Word of the day:Protean

protean One entry found. Ads by Google Free Definitions The Quickest & Easiest Way To Look Up Definitions. Search On. www.Google.com/Dictionary Main Entry: pro·te·an Pronunciation: \ˈprō-tē-ən, prō-ˈtē-\ Function: adjective Date: 1598 1 : of or resembling Proteus in having a varied nature or ability to assume different forms2 : displaying great diversity or variety : versatile Dinocrat » Blog Archive » The Myth of Protean Man We trace the myth of Protean Man as least as far back as Pico della Mirandola in another time of Renaissance and its excesses in 1486: ... In modern America, the term Protean Man has been applied variously to Thomas Jefferson and J. Robert Oppenheimer. In our discussion here, we mean it in the least flattering sense, www.dinocrat.com/archives/2005/03/09/the-myth-of-protea...