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Grammar : Noun
Spell : kuh-mee-lee-uh n, -meel-yuh n
Phonetic Transcription : kəˈmi li ən, -ˈmil yən

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Définition of chameleon

Origin :
  • mid-14c., camelion, from Old French caméléon, from Latin chamaeleon, from Greek khamaileon "the chameleon," from khamai "on the ground" (also "dwarf"), akin to chthon "earth" (see chthonic) + leon "lion" (see lion). Perhaps the large head-crest on some species was thought to resemble a lion's mane. The classical -h- was restored in English early 18c. Figurative sense of "variable person" is 1580s. It formerly was supposed to live on air (cf. "Hamlet" III.ii.98).
  • noun inconstant person
Example sentences :
  • Not that mine is altogether a chameleon spirit, with no hue of its own.
  • Extract from : « Beneath an Umbrella (From "Twice Told Tales") » by Nathaniel Hawthorne
  • I named my chameleon "Cross-ci Cross-a," in honour of Mr. Cross.
  • Extract from : « My Double Life » by Sarah Bernhardt
  • During the day, no doubt, she melted into the sky like a chameleon.
  • Extract from : « The Cruise of the Dry Dock » by T. S. Stribling
  • It is not pleasant to have you imitate the chameleon, in this manner.
  • Extract from : « Louisiana Lou » by William West Winter
  • Lonnie didn't stop to question if it really was essence of chameleon juice.
  • Extract from : « Zero Data » by Charles Saphro
  • He glowed in the water, changed color like a chameleon, and drifted, floated after us.
  • Extract from : « Tales of Fishes » by Zane Grey
  • You must conduct me and my wife on board the Chameleon; we will hoist sail and will be saved.
  • Extract from : « A Romance of the West Indies » by Eugne Sue
  • The Chameleon flies like an albatross—she is already the devil knows where.
  • Extract from : « A Romance of the West Indies » by Eugne Sue
  • It is this chameleon adaptability that passes for hypocrisy.
  • Extract from : « The Nebuly Coat » by John Meade Falkner
  • At other times his opinions were as changeable as the hue of the chameleon.
  • Extract from : « The Story of the Upper Canada Rebellion, Volume 1 » by John Charles Dent

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