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Definition of Chameleonlike
1. [adj]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Chameleonlike
Literary usage of Chameleonlike
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Grove's Dictionary of Music and Musicians by George Grove (1907)
"... disciples the chameleonlike qualities of the chord and its various uses, which
it would be much better for worthy disciples to find out for themselves. ..."
2. The Monist by Hegeler Institute (1921)
"If the Buddha and Socrates had invented new symbols for their thoughts instead
of using chameleonlike symbols which everybody thought he understood, ..."
3. The French Revolution: A History by Thomas Carlyle (1838)
"As for the King, he as usual will go wavering chameleonlike ; changing color and
purpose with the color of his environment;— good for no Kingly use. ..."
4. The Gentleman's Magazine (1848)
"Every kind of subject is to be round in his pages, from the lightest joke to the
deepest pathos, andthe style, chameleonlike, adapts itself with equal ..."
5. The Nineteenth Century (1881)
"... eminences to which they have risen during the short period since their
emancipation, the restless and chameleonlike hatred of the Anti-Semites breaks ..."
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