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Mercurial Definition And Meaning |
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What's The Definition Of Mercurial?
[adj] liable to sudden unpredictable change; "erratic behavior"; "fickle weather"; "mercurial twists of temperament"; "a quicksilver character, cool and willful at one moment, utterly fragile the next"
[adj] relating to or containing or caused by mercury; "mercurial preparations"; "mercurial sore mouth" [adj] relating to or having characteristics (eloquence, shrewdness, swiftness, thievishness) attributed to the god Mercury; "more than Mercurial thievishness" [adj] relating to or under the (astrological) influence of the planet Mercury; "the Mercurial canals" Synonyms | Synonyms for Mercurial: changeable | changeful | erratic | fickle | quicksilver(a) Related Terms | Find terms related to Mercurial: active | activist | activistic | adrift | adroit | afloat | agile | alive | alternating | ambitendent | ambivalent | amorphous | animated | at loose ends | aureate | bouncing | bouncy | brass | brassy | brazen | breakneck | breezy | brisk | bronze | bronzy | bubbly | buoyant | capricious | changeable | changeful | changing | chipper | choppy | clever | copper | coppery | coquettish | cunning | cupreous | cuprous | dashing | desultory | deviable | deviating | deviative | deviatory | different | disorderly | divaricate | divergent | diversified | diversiform | dizzy | double-minded | double-quick | dubious | eagle-winged | ebullient | eccentric | effervescent | elastic | energetic | erose | erratic | expansive | expeditious | express | faddish | fast | fast and loose | fence-sitting | fence-straddling | ferrous | ferruginous | fickle | fitful | fleet | flickering | flighty | flirtatious | flitting | fluctuating | flying | freakish | frisky | full of go | full of life | full of pep | galloping | giddy | gilt | gold | golden | gold-filled | gold-plated | hair-trigger | hasty | headlong | hustling | impetuous | impulsive | inconsistent | inconstant | indecisive | infirm | infirm of purpose | ingenious | iron | ironlike | irregular | irresolute | irresolved | irresponsible | jagged | jerky | lead | leaden | light | light of heel | light-footed | live | lively | lubricious | mazy | mercurous | militant | mobile | moody | motley | movable | mugwumpian | mugwumpish | mutable | nickel | nickelic | nickeline | nimble | nimble-footed | nonconformist | nonstandard | nonuniform | of two minds | peppy | perky | pert | pewter | pewtery | pluralistic | precipitate | prompt | quick | quick as lightning | quick as thought | quicksilver | ragged | rambling | rapid | reckless | resilient | restless | rough | roving | running | scatterbrained | shapeless | shifting | shifty | shuffling | silver | silver-plated | silvery | skittish | smacking | snappy | spanking | spasmodic | speedy | spineless | spirited | sporadic | sprightly | spry | steel | steely | swift | temperamental | ticklish | tin | tinny | toying | unaccountable | uncertain | uncontrolled | undecided | undependable | undetermined | undisciplined | unequable | unequal | uneven | unfixed | unorthodox | unpredictable | unreliable | unresolved | unrestrained | unsettled | unstable | unstable as water | unstaid | unsteadfast | unsteady | unsystematic | ununiform | vacillating | vagrant | variable | variegated | variform | various | varying | versatile | vicissitudinary | vicissitudinous | vivacious | volatile | wandering | wanton | wavering | wavery | wavy | wayward | whimsical | winged | wishy-washy | zingy See Also | Mercurial In Webster's Dictionary \Mer*cu"ri*al\, a. [L. mercurialis, fr. Mercurius
Mercury: cf. F. mercuriel.]
1. Having the qualities fabled to belong to the god Mercury;
swift; active; sprightly; fickle; volatile; changeable;
as, a mercurial youth; a mercurial temperament.
A mercurial man Who fluttered over all things like a
fan. --Byron.
2. Having the form or image of Mercury; -- applied to ancient
guideposts. [Obs.] --Chillingworth.
3. Of or pertaining to Mercury as the god of trade; hence,
money-making; crafty.
The mercurial wand of commerce. --J. Q. Adams.
4. Of or pertaining to, or containing, mercury; as, mercurial
preparations, barometer. See {Mercury}, 2.
5. (Med.) Caused by the use of mercury; as, mercurial sore
mouth.
\Mer*cu"ri*al\, n. 1. A person having mercurial qualities. --Bacon. 2. (Med.) A preparation containing mercury. |
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