"chameleonic" meaning in All languages combined

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Adjective [English]

Forms: more chameleonic [comparative], most chameleonic [superlative]
Etymology: From chameleon + -ic. Etymology templates: {{suffix|en|chameleon|ic}} chameleon + -ic Head templates: {{en-adj}} chameleonic (comparative more chameleonic, superlative most chameleonic)
  1. Resembling a chameleon: readily changing color or other attributes Synonyms: chameleon-like Derived forms: chameleonically Translations (readily changing color or other attributes): camaleònic [masculine] (Catalan), camaleónico [masculine] (Galician), sehr wechselhaft (German), camaleontico [masculine] (Italian), camaleónico [Portugal] (Portuguese), camaleônico [Brazil] (Portuguese), camaleónico (Spanish), kameleontisk (Swedish)
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