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Synonyms for mercurial

Grammar : Adj
Spell : mer-kyoor-ee-uhl
Phonetic Transcription : mərˈkyʊər i əl

Top 10 synonyms for mercurial
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Définition of mercurial

Origin :
  • late 14c., "pertaining to the planet Mercury" (see Mercury). Meaning "sprightly, volatile, quick" (1590s) is from supposed qualities of those born under the planet Mercury (they also are the qualities of the god Mercury), probably also partly by association with the qualities of quicksilver. A variant in this sense was mercurious (1590s). Related: Mercurially; mercuriality.
  • adj flighty, temperamental
Example sentences :
  • Of a fiery, mercurial disposition, his temper flew in a moment.
  • Extract from : « War from the Inside » by Frederick L. (Frederick Lyman) Hitchcock
  • He is of that deep, mercurial disposition that attracts women.
  • Extract from : « The Spoilers of the Valley » by Robert Watson
  • The champagne was bubbling trickily in the veins of the mercurial statesmen.
  • Extract from : « Cabbages and Kings » by O. Henry
  • Vidi, measures approximately, but not with the permanence of the mercurial.
  • Extract from : « The Sailor's Word-Book » by William Henry Smyth
  • He took iodide of potassium for a time after his mercurial course.
  • Extract from : « The Electric Bath » by George M. Schweig
  • He was not a mercurial man, who easily changed his point of view.
  • Extract from : « Brother Jacob » by George Eliot
  • The mercurial temperament of Mr Slingsby was severely tried at this point.
  • Extract from : « Rivers of Ice » by R.M. Ballantyne
  • Besides, there was no trusting so mercurial a stream as Little River.
  • Extract from : « Old Judge Priest » by Irvin S. Cobb
  • The mercurial alloys or amalgams are, perhaps, exceptions to this rule.
  • Extract from : « A Dictionary of Arts, Manufactures and Mines » by Andrew Ure
  • Bab was mercurial—always, as she herself put it, "going off" to extremes.
  • Extract from : « The Wyndam Girls » by Marion Ames Taggart

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