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mercurial |
Grep of noun mercurial mercurial ointment mercurialis mercurialis annua mercurialis perennis Overview of adj mercurial The adj mercurial has 4 senses (first 1 from tagged texts) 1. (1) 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") 2. Mercurial -- (relating to or under the (astrological) influence of the planet Mercury; "the Mercurial canals") 3. Mercurial -- (relating to or having characteristics (eloquence, shrewdness, swiftness, thievishness) attributed to the god Mercury; "more than Mercurial thievishness") 4. mercurial -- (relating to or containing or caused by mercury; "mercurial preparations"; "mercurial sore mouth") Antonyms of adj mercurial 1 of 4 senses of mercurial Sense 1 erratic, fickle, mercurial, quicksilver(postnominal) INDIRECT (VIA changeable) -> unchangeable Similarity of adj mercurial 4 senses of mercurial Sense 1 erratic, fickle, mercurial, quicksilver(postnominal) => changeable (vs. unchangeable), changeful Sense 2 Mercurial Pertains to noun Mercury (Sense 3) =>Mercury => inferior planet Sense 3 Mercurial Pertains to noun Mercury (Sense 2) =>Mercury => Roman deity Sense 4 mercurial Pertains to noun mercury (Sense 1) =>mercury, quicksilver, hydrargyrum, Hg atomic number 80 => metallic element, metal Attributes of adj mercurial Familiarity of adj mercurial mercurial used as an adjective is uncommon (polysemy count = 4) Grep of adj mercurial mercurial Overview of adj mercurial The adj mercurial has 4 senses (first 1 from tagged texts) 1. (1) 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") 2. Mercurial -- (relating to or under the (astrological) influence of the planet Mercury; "the Mercurial canals") 3. Mercurial -- (relating to or having characteristics (eloquence, shrewdness, swiftness, thievishness) attributed to the god Mercury; "more than Mercurial thievishness") 4. mercurial -- (relating to or containing or caused by mercury; "mercurial preparations"; "mercurial sore mouth")
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