MERCURIAL as ADJECTIVE

1. Meaning
   • liable to sudden unpredictable change
   Synonym(s)
   • erratic (what does erratic mean?)
   • fickle (what does fickle mean?)
   • quicksilver(a) (what does quicksilver(a) mean?)
   Usage Example(s)
   • erratic behavior
   • fickle weather
   • mercurial twists of temperament
   • a quicksilver character, cool and willful at one moment, utterly fragile the next
   Similar To
   • changeable (what does changeable mean?)
   • changeful (what does changeful mean?)
2. Meaning
   • relating to or containing or caused by mercury
   Usage Example(s)
   • mercurial preparations
   • mercurial sore mouth
   Pertainym(s)
   • mercury (what does mercury mean?)
   • quicksilver (what does quicksilver mean?)
   • hydrargyrum (what does hydrargyrum mean?)
   • Hg (what does Hg mean?)
   • atomic number 80 (what does atomic number 80 mean?)
3. Meaning
   • relating to or having characteristics (eloquence, shrewdness, swiftness, thievishness) attributed to the god Mercury
   Usage Example(s)
   • more than Mercurial thievishness
   Pertainym(s)
   • Mercury (what does Mercury mean?)
4. Meaning
   • relating to or under the (astrological) influence of the planet Mercury
   Usage Example(s)
   • the Mercurial canals
   Pertainym(s)
   • Mercury (what does Mercury mean?)