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changeable

chan·geable

UK/ˈt͡ʃeɪn.d͡ʒə.bəl/ US/ˈtʃeɪndʒʌbʌl/ rare

adjective

1.

capable of or tending to change in form or quality or nature

  • “a mutable substance”
  • “the mutable ways of fortune”
  • “mutable weather patterns”
  • “a mutable foreign policy”
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2.

such that alteration is possible; having a marked tendency to change

  • “changeable behavior”
  • “changeable moods”
  • “changeable prices”
3.

subject to change

  • “a changeable climate”
  • “the weather is uncertain”
  • “unsettled weather with rain and hail and sunshine coming one right after the other”
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4.

varying in color when seen in different lights or from different angles

  • “changeable taffeta”
  • “chatoyant (or shot) silk”
  • “a dragonfly hovered, vibrating and iridescent”

Origin

From Middle English chaungeable, from Old Northern French chaungeable, from Late Latin cambiāre (“to change”), equivalent to change + -able.

Phrases

  • changeable hawk-eagle
  • changeable lizard

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