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Pronunciation guide for mercurial
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- Practice the English pronunciation of mercurial with real speech in context.
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- Losing the Nobel Prize
to be this very mercurial substance called dust
- Definition summary
- (obsolete) Any of the plants known as mercury, especially the annual mercury or French mercury (Mercurialis annua). [13th–17th c.]
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How to pronounce mercurial
Losing the Nobel Prize
to be this very mercurial substance called dust
Example Sentences
A Deep Dive Into “mercurial”
Meaning
- [Noun]
- (obsolete) Any of the plants known as mercury, especially the annual mercury or French mercury (Mercurialis annua). [13th–17th c.]
- (astrology) A person born under the influence of the planet Mercury; hence, a person having an eloquent, quickwitted, furtive, or volatile character. [from 16th c.]
- (chemistry) A chemical compound containing mercury.
- (pharmacology, historical) A preparation of mercury, especially as a treatment for syphilis. [from 17th c.]
- [Adjective]
- (comparable) Having a lively or volatile character; animated, changeable, quick-witted. [from 17th c.]
- (not comparable, astrology) Pertaining to the astrological influence of the planet Mercury; having the characteristics of a person under such influence (see adjective sense 1). [from 16th c.]
- (not comparable, astronomy) Pertaining to the planet Mercury. [from 16th c., from 14th c. Middle English]
- (not comparable, chemistry) Of or pertaining to the element mercury or quicksilver; containing mercury. [from 16th c.]
- (not comparable, medicine) Caused by the action of mercury or a mercury compound.
- (not comparable, Roman mythology) Pertaining to Mercury, the Roman god of, among other things, commerce, financial gain, communication, and thieves and trickery; hence (comparable), money-making; crafty. [from 15th c.]
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