See chameleon on Wiktionary
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performed by Meshuggah:", "text": "A contagious neuro-ego-disease. A virus sticking to liars.\nWe're the self-centered fuel to boost the new strain of fire.\nAdapting, shifting, lacking opinion. 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"code": "acw", "lang": "Arabic", "roman": "ḥirbāya", "sense": "reptile", "tags": [ "Hijazi-Arabic", "feminine" ], "word": "حرباية" }, { "code": "ary", "lang": "Arabic", "roman": "tāta", "sense": "reptile", "tags": [ "Moroccan-Arabic", "feminine" ], "word": "تاتة" }, { "code": "ary", "lang": "Arabic", "roman": "buwwa", "sense": "reptile", "tags": [ "Moroccan-Arabic", "feminine" ], "word": "بوة" }, { "code": "an", "lang": "Aragonese", "sense": "reptile", "tags": [ "masculine" ], "word": "camalión" }, { "code": "arc", "lang": "Aramaic", "roman": "zaqita", "sense": "reptile", "word": "זָקִיתָא" }, { "code": "hy", "lang": "Armenian", "roman": "kʻameleon", "sense": "reptile", "word": "քամելեոն" }, { "code": "hy", "lang": "Armenian", "roman": "getnaṙyuc", "sense": "reptile", "word": "գետնառյուծ" }, { "code": "as", "lang": "Assamese", "roman": "kükolüṅa", "sense": "reptile", "word": "কোকলোঙা" }, { "code": "ast", "lang": "Asturian", "sense": "reptile", "tags": [ "masculine" ], "word": 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"code": "ka", "lang": "Georgian", "roman": "kameleoni", "sense": "reptile", "word": "ქამელეონი" }, { "code": "de", "lang": "German", "sense": "reptile", "tags": [ "neuter" ], "word": "Chamäleon" }, { "code": "el", "lang": "Greek", "roman": "chamailéon", "sense": "reptile", "tags": [ "masculine" ], "word": "χαμαιλέων" }, { "code": "grc", "lang": "Ancient Greek", "roman": "khamailéōn", "sense": "reptile", "tags": [ "masculine" ], "word": "χαμαιλέων" }, { "code": "gu", "lang": "Gujarati", "roman": "kācaṇḍo", "sense": "reptile", "word": "કાચંડો" }, { "code": "he", "lang": "Hebrew", "sense": "reptile", "word": "זִקִּית" }, { "code": "he", "lang": "Hebrew", "roman": "ziqit", "sense": "reptile", "tags": [ "feminine" ], "word": "זיקית" }, { "code": "hi", "lang": "Hindi", "roman": "girgiṭ", "sense": "reptile", "tags": [ "masculine" ], "word": "गिरगिट" }, { "code": "hu", "lang": "Hungarian", "sense": "reptile", "word": "kaméleon" }, { "code": "is", "lang": "Icelandic", "sense": "reptile", 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"ki", "lang": "Kikuyu", "sense": "reptile", "tags": [ "class-7" ], "word": "kĩĩmbu" }, { "code": "ki", "english": "three-horned", "lang": "Kikuyu", "sense": "reptile", "tags": [ "class-3" ], "word": "mũriyũ" }, { "code": "ko", "lang": "Korean", "roman": "kamelle'on", "sense": "reptile", "word": "카멜레온" }, { "code": "ky", "lang": "Kyrgyz", "roman": "hameleon", "sense": "reptile", "word": "хамелеон" }, { "code": "lv", "lang": "Latvian", "sense": "reptile", "tags": [ "masculine" ], "word": "hameleons" }, { "code": "lt", "lang": "Lithuanian", "sense": "reptile", "tags": [ "masculine" ], "word": "chameleonas" }, { "code": "mk", "lang": "Macedonian", "roman": "kameleon", "sense": "reptile", "tags": [ "masculine" ], "word": "камелеон" }, { "code": "mg", "lang": "Malagasy", "sense": "reptile", "word": "tana" }, { "code": "mg", "lang": "Malagasy", "sense": "reptile", "word": "tandrondro" }, { "code": "mg", "lang": "Malagasy", "sense": "reptile", "word": "tarondro" }, { "code": "ms", "lang": 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"lang": "Norwegian Bokmål", "sense": "reptile", "tags": [ "masculine" ], "word": "kameleon" }, { "code": "nn", "lang": "Norwegian Nynorsk", "sense": "reptile", "tags": [ "masculine" ], "word": "kameleon" }, { "code": "oc", "lang": "Occitan", "sense": "reptile", "tags": [ "masculine" ], "word": "camaleon" }, { "code": "or", "lang": "Odia", "roman": "eṇḍua", "sense": "reptile", "word": "ଏଣ୍ଡୁଅ" }, { "code": "inc-oaw", "lang": "Old Awadhi", "roman": "giragiṭa", "sense": "reptile", "word": "गिरगिट" }, { "code": "pi", "lang": "Pali", "sense": "reptile", "tags": [ "masculine" ], "word": "kakaṇṭaka" }, { "code": "pi", "lang": "Mon", "roman": "kakaṇḍaka", "sense": "reptile", "tags": [ "masculine" ], "word": "ကကဏ္ဍက" }, { "code": "fa", "lang": "Persian", "roman": "âftâb-parast", "sense": "reptile", "word": "آفتابپرست" }, { "code": "fa", "lang": "Persian", "roman": "xorbâ", "sense": "reptile", "word": "خربا" }, { "code": "pl", "lang": "Polish", "sense": "reptile", "tags": [ "masculine" ], 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"lang": "Tashelhit", "roman": "tašaštuxt", "sense": "reptile", "tags": [ "feminine" ], "word": "ⵜⴰⵛⴰⵛⵜⵓⵅⵜ" }, { "code": "tt", "lang": "Tatar", "roman": "xameleon", "sense": "reptile", "word": "хамелеон" }, { "code": "te", "lang": "Telugu", "roman": "toṇḍa", "sense": "reptile", "word": "తొండ" }, { "code": "te", "lang": "Telugu", "roman": "ūsaravelli", "sense": "reptile", "word": "ఊసరవెల్లి" }, { "code": "tft", "lang": "Ternate", "sense": "reptile", "word": "bakebake" }, { "code": "th", "lang": "Thai", "roman": "kaa-mee-lîian", "sense": "reptile", "word": "คาเมเลี่ยน" }, { "code": "tr", "lang": "Turkish", "sense": "reptile", "word": "bukalemun" }, { "code": "uk", "lang": "Ukrainian", "roman": "xameleón", "sense": "reptile", "tags": [ "masculine" ], "word": "хамелео́н" }, { "code": "uz", "lang": "Uzbek", "sense": "reptile", "word": "xameleon" }, { "code": "uz", "lang": "Uzbek", "sense": "reptile", "word": "buqalamun" }, { "code": "vi", "lang": "Vietnamese", "sense": "reptile", "word": 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}, "expansion": "Akkadian 𒌨𒈤𒊭𒆠 (nēšu ša qaqqari, “chameleon, reptile”, literally “lion of the ground\", \"predator that crawls upon the ground”)", "name": "der" }, { "args": { "1": "en", "2": "Justin Khoury", "nobycat": "1", "nocap": "1", "w": "-" }, "expansion": "coined by Justin Khoury", "name": "coin" }, { "args": { "1": "en", "2": "Amanda Weltman", "in": "2003", "nobycat": "1", "notext": "1" }, "expansion": "Amanda Weltman in 2003", "name": "coin" } ], "etymology_text": "From Middle English camelion, from Old French cameleon, from Latin chamaeleon, from Ancient Greek χαμαιλέων (khamailéōn), from χαμαί (khamaí, “on the earth, on the ground”) + λέων (léōn, “lion”); ultimately a calque from Akkadian 𒌨𒈤𒊭𒆠 (nēšu ša qaqqari, “chameleon, reptile”, literally “lion of the ground\", \"predator that crawls upon the ground”). 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