shapeshifter

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shapeshifter

  • /ˈʃeɪpʃɪftə/ UK
  • /ˈʃeɪp.ʃɪf.tɚ/ US

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From shape + shifter.

noun shapeshifters · shape-shifter

  1. A person or creature capable of changing their appearance or form at will. The shapeshifter Lisa Bowalk, unable to shed the guise of a black panther, had gone onto the plain as a prisoner but was not now to be found among the dead above or the Captured down below.
  2. figuratively A person who is inconsistent and elusive. She was an alcoholic, very chageable, very deceptive. A shapeshifter. You never knew where you stood with her, […]

Similar: shape-shifter

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noun

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noun creature capable of changing its appearance

Españolcambiante, mutaforma, metamórfico, metamorfo, cambiaforma
Kiswahilimgeuzi, kibadilishaumbo
Portuguêstransmorfo
Françaismétamorphe
DeutschGestaltwandler, Gestaltwandlerin, Formwandler, Formwandlerin
Italianomutaforma
Русскийо́боротень óborotenʹ

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"shapeshifter." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/shapeshifter. Accessed 6 Nov. 2026.

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shapeshifter. (n.d.). In Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Retrieved November 6, 2026, from https://micwyn.com/word/shapeshifter

Chicago

"shapeshifter." Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Accessed November 6, 2026. https://micwyn.com/word/shapeshifter.

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@misc{shapeshifter_2026,
  title = {shapeshifter},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/shapeshifter},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}