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versipellous

/vɜːˈsɪpələs/

versipellous adjective: changeable; protean; having a form, nature or appearance that changes often.

Adjective

versipellous (comparative more versipellous, superlative most versipellous)

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

versipellous meaning in Bengali

versipellous in Bengali

পরিবর্তনশীল, বহুরূপী, প্রকৃতি, চেহারা প্রায়ই পরিবর্তিত হয়

Forms of versipellous

comparativemore versipellous
superlativemost versipellous

Origin of versipellous

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.) By surface analysis, Latin vers- + -i- + Latin pell- + -ous.

Questions about versipellous

What does versipellous mean?
Versipellous means changeable; protean; having a form, nature or appearance that changes often.
What is versipellous in Bengali?
Versipellous in Bengali is পরিবর্তনশীল, বহুরূপী, প্রকৃতি. See Versipellous meaning in Bengali.
What part of speech is versipellous?
Versipellous is an adjective.
How do you pronounce versipellous?
Versipellous is pronounced /vɜːˈsɪpələs/.

Words near versipellous in the dictionary

  1. versionizes
  2. versionizing
  3. versionless
  4. versions
  5. versipel
  6. versipellous
  7. versipelostatin
  8. versipels
  9. versiprose
  10. versiproses
  11. versive

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Adapted from Wiktionary: versipellous (page history and authors); versipellous (Bengali Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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