versipellous.
changeable; protean; having a form, nature or appearance that changes often
Meaning & usage
changeable; protean; having a form, nature or appearance that changes often
Where this word comes from
Formed from versi- ‘turning, changing’ (combinatory form of Latin versus ‘turn’) + ultimately Latin pellis ‘skin’. (Used initially as a word of unknown origin in Nathaniel Ward's Discolliminium, or A Most Obedient Reply to a Late Book called 'Bounds and Bonds' By B.) By surface analysis, Latin vers- + -i- + Latin pell- + -ous.
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