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mercurial

[ mer-kyoor-ee-uhl ]

adjective

  1. changeable; volatile; fickle; flighty; erratic:

    a mercurial nature.

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  2. animated; lively; sprightly; quick-witted.

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  3. pertaining to, containing, or caused by the metal mercury.
  4. (initial capital letter) of or relating to the god Mercury.
  5. (initial capital letter) of or relating to the planet Mercury.


noun

  1. Pharmacology. a preparation of mercury used as a drug.

mercurial

/ 尘蓽藧藞办箩蕣蓹谤瑟蓹濒 /

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
鈥淐ollins English Dictionary 鈥 Complete & Unabridged鈥 2012 Digital Edition 漏 William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 漏 HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

noun

  1. med any salt of mercury for use as a medicine
鈥淐ollins English Dictionary 鈥 Complete & Unabridged鈥 2012 Digital Edition 漏 William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 漏 HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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Derived Forms

  • 尘别谤藞肠耻谤颈补濒濒测, adverb
  • 尘别谤藞肠耻谤颈补濒苍别蝉蝉, noun
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Other 亚洲网紅露点 Forms

  • 尘别谤路肠耻顎价颈路补濒路濒测 adverb
  • 尘别谤路肠耻顎价颈路补濒路苍别蝉蝉 尘别谤路肠耻顎卹颈路补濒顎僫路迟测 noun
  • 耻苍顎卪别谤路肠耻谤顎僫路补濒 adjective
  • 耻苍顎卪别谤路肠耻谤顎僫路补濒路ly adverb
  • 耻苍顎卪别谤路肠耻谤顎僫路补濒路ness noun
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亚洲网紅露点 History and Origins

Origin of mercurial1

First recorded in 1350鈥1400; Middle English, from Latin 尘别谤肠耻谤颈腻濒颈蝉 鈥渙f or pertaining to the god or planet Mercury鈥; mercury, -al 1
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亚洲网紅露点 History and Origins

Origin of mercurial1

C14: from Latin 尘别谤肠耻谤颈腻濒颈蝉
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To get to play with someone like Jeff, who is so mercurial and cerebral yet is so playful 鈥 and then he goes dark 鈥 was a joy.

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Several coaches who have worked with him have described to BBC Sport a mercurial forward who can be "introverted" - a quiet, unassuming young man off the pitch who transforms into the main attraction on it.

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The "hobbling" scene鈥攕he uses a sledgehammer to break Paul鈥檚 ankles鈥攅levated her to canonical b***h status: a cunning, brutal and mercurial harridan who hides her malice behind a folksy fa莽ade.

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That was probably fine for this show to the faithful, and no one working today can match the mercurial strangeness of Carti鈥檚 complete vision.

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President Marcos also distanced himself from his predecessor's mercurial policies, mending fences with the US, standing up to China in contested seas, and stopping the blood-curdling threats of retribution against drug dealers.

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