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quicksilver

noun

1 quicksilver

A heavy silvery toxic univalent and bivalent metallic element; the only metal that is liquid at ordinary temperatures.

synonyms: atomic number 80, Hg, hydrargyrum, mercury.

Roget 149: changeableness etc. adj.; mutability, inconstancy; versatility, mobility; instability, unstable equilibrium; vacillation etc. (irresolution) 605; fluctuation, ... show more

Roget 171: energy, physical energy, force, power etc. 157; keenness etc. adj.; intensity, vigor, strength, elasticity; go; ... show more

Roget 274: velocity, speed, celerity; swiftness etc. adj.; rapidity, eagle speed; expedition etc. (activity) 682; pernicity; acceleration; ... show more

Dutch: kwik, kwikzilver, mercurius
Polish: Hg, rtęć, żywe srebro

adjective

1 quicksilver

Liable to sudden unpredictable change:
— A quicksilver character, cool and willful at one moment, utterly fragile the next.

synonyms: erratic, fickle, mercurial.


Moby thesaurus: April showers, Proteus, active, activist, activistic, alive, animated, antelope, arrow, aureate, blue darter, blue streak, bouncing, bouncy, brass, brassy, brazen, breezy, brisk, bronze ... show more.

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