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#80786 - 09/13/02 05:39 PM protean
wwh Carpal Tunnel Registered: 01/18/01 Posts: 13858	This word has been used before, but long enough ago new members may not have seen it. From Brewer: Proteus (pron. Pro'-tuce). As many shapes as Proteus- i.e. full of shifts, aliases, disguises, etc. Proteus was Neptune's herdsman, an old man and a prophet. He lived in a vast cave, and his custom was to tell over his herds of sea-calves at noon, and then to sleep. There was no way of catching him but by stealing upon him during sleep and binding him; if not so captured, he would clude anyone who came to consult him by changing his shape, for he had the power of changing it in an instant into any form he chose. In medicine, syphilis used to be referred to as having protean manifestations, meaning it often had symptoms suggesting other diseases.
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#80787 - 09/13/02 06:01 PM Re: protean
sjm old hand Registered: 07/19/02 Posts: 742 Loc: Akina	Thanks. I thought protean referred to someone who supported the cause of adolescents.
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#80788 - 09/13/02 06:17 PM Re: protean
wwh Carpal Tunnel Registered: 01/18/01 Posts: 13858	Since adolescents always know far more than their parents, why did the world not become perfect long ago?
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