quicksilver - Meaning and Examples

Meaning of 'quicksilver' (Webster Dictionary)

1 . Quicksilver

[ a.]

- The metal mercury; -- so called from its resemblance to liquid silver.

1 . quicksilver

[ s]

Meaning (1):
- liable to sudden unpredictable change

Example in sentence:

a quicksilver character, cool and willful at one moment, utterly fragile the next;
erratic behavior;
fickle weather;
mercurial twists of temperament

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