Synonyms for chameleon
| 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
- 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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