versipellous

English

Etymology

Formed from versi- ‘turning, changing’ (combinatory form of Latin versus ‘turn’) + ultimately Latin pellis ‘skin’. (Used initially as a word of unknown origin in Nathaniel Ward's Discolliminium, or A Most Obedient Reply to a Late Book called 'Bounds and Bonds' By B)

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /vɜːˈsɪpələs/

Adjective

versipellous (comparative more versipellous, superlative most versipellous)

1. (rare) changeable; protean; having a form, nature or appearance that changes often