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.) By surface analysis, Latin vers- +‎ -i- +‎ Latin pell- +‎ -ous. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /vɜːˈsɪpələs/ === Adjective === versipellous (comparative more versipellous, superlative most versipellous) (rare) changeable; protean; having a form, nature or appearance that changes often