chameleonic

English

Etymology

From chameleon +‎ -ic.

Adjective

chameleonic (comparative more chameleonic, superlative most chameleonic)

1. Resembling a chameleon: readily changing color or other attributes.

   Synonym: chameleon-like

   • 1988 April 15, Laura Molzahn, “Labor Movement”, in Chicago Reader‎^[1]:

     But it's worth noting that, despite the dancers' skintight unitards (of a chameleonic fabric that picked up whatever color shone on it), the sexes are barely distinguishable.

   • 2025 March 1, Annie Zaleski, “David Johansen, who fronted the New York Dolls, dies at 75”, in NPR:

     David Johansen, the chameleonic and charismatic vocalist who fronted the New York Dolls and found solo success under the moniker Buster Poindexter, died on Friday, his publicist confirmed to NPR.

Derived terms

• chameleonically

Translations

readily changing color or other attributes

• Catalan: camaleònic m
• Galician: camaleónico (gl) m
• German: sehr wechselhaft
• Italian: camaleontico m
• Portuguese: camaleónico (Portugal), camaleônico (Brazil)
• Spanish: camaleónico (es)
• Swedish: kameleontisk