mercurialness

  • 21mercurial — /mɜˈkjuriəl / (say mer kyoohreeuhl) adjective 1. relating to, consisting of or containing, or caused by the metal mercury. 2. sprightly; volatile. 3. flighty; fickle; changeable: *How was he never able to keep pace with the mercurial moods of the …

  • 22flightiness — [n] irresponsibility airheadedness*, capriciousness, changeability, dizziness, fickleness, flippancy, frivolity, giddiness, inconstancy, instability, levity, lightness, mercurialness, variability, volatility, whimsicality, whimsicalness; concept… …

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  • 23mercurial — [mər kyoor′ē əl] adj. [ME < L mercurialis] 1. [M ] of Mercury (the god or planet) 2. of or containing mercury 3. caused by the action or use of mercury 4. having qualities attributed to the god Mercury or supposedly influenced by the planet… …

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