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Mercurial

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Adjective

1. erratic, fickle, mercurial, quicksilver

liable to sudden unpredictable change

Example Sentences:
'erratic behavior'
'fickle weather'
'mercurial twists of temperament'
'a quicksilver character, cool and willful at one moment, utterly fragile the next'

2. mercurial

relating to or under the (astrological) influence of the planet Mercury

Example Sentences:
'the Mercurial canals'

3. mercurial

relating to or having characteristics (eloquence, shrewdness, swiftness, thievishness) attributed to the god Mercury

Example Sentences:
'more than Mercurial thievishness'

4. mercurial

relating to or containing or caused by mercury

Example Sentences:
'mercurial preparations'
'mercurial sore mouth'

WordNet Lexical Database for English. Princeton University. 2010.

Mercurial

see synonyms of mercurial
adjective
1. 
of, like, containing, or relating to mercury
2. 
volatile; lively
a mercurial temperament
3. (sometimes capital)
of, like, or relating to the god or the planet Mercury
noun
4. medicine
any salt of mercury for use as a medicine

Collins English Dictionary. Copyright © HarperCollins Publishers

Mercurial

see synonyms of mercurial
adjective
1.  [M-]
of Mercury (the god or planet)
2. 
of or containing mercury
3. 
caused by the action or use of mercury
4. 
having qualities attributed to the god Mercury or supposedly influenced by the planet Mercury; eloquent, clever, shrewd, thievish, etc.
5. 
having qualities suggestive of mercury; quick, quick-witted, volatile, changeable, fickle, etc.
noun
6. 
a drug or preparation containing mercury

Webster’s New World College Dictionary, 4th Edition. Copyright © 2010 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. All rights reserved.

Mercurial

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adj.
1. often Mercurial
a. Roman Mythology Of or relating to the god Mercury.
b. Astronomy Of or relating to the planet Mercury.
2. Having the characteristics of eloquence, shrewdness, swiftness, and thievishness attributed to the god Mercury.
3. Containing or caused by the action of the element mercury.
4. Quick and changeable in temperament; volatile: a mercurial nature.
n.
A pharmacological or chemical preparation containing mercury.

The American Heritage ® Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition copyright ©2018 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.

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