quicksilver | | |
n. (substance) | 1. atomic number 80, hg, hydrargyrum, mercury, quicksilver | a heavy silvery toxic univalent and bivalent metallic element; the only metal that is liquid at ordinary temperatures. |
| ~ metal, metallic element | any of several chemical elements that are usually shiny solids that conduct heat or electricity and can be formed into sheets etc.. |
| ~ cinnabar | a heavy reddish mineral consisting of mercuric sulfide; the chief source of mercury. |
| ~ calomel, mercurous chloride | a tasteless colorless powder used medicinally as a cathartic. |
adj. | 2. erratic, fickle, mercurial, quicksilver | 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" |
| ~ changeful, changeable | such that alteration is possible; having a marked tendency to change.; "changeable behavior"; "changeable moods"; "changeable prices" |
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