Definition of quicksilvers Quicksilvers
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What does quicksilvers mean?
Part of speech
🔤- quicksilvers, verb, present, 3rd person singular of quicksilver (infinitive).
- quicksilvers, noun, plural of quicksilver.
WordNet
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| 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" | ||
| erratic, fickle, mercurial | ||
| changeful, changeable such that alteration is possible; having a marked tendency to change; "changeable behavior"; "changeable moods"; "changeable prices" | ||
Noun |
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| quicksilver - a heavy silvery toxic univalent and bivalent metallic element; the only metal that is liquid at ordinary temperatures | ||
| mercury, hydrargyrum, Hg, atomic number 80 | ||
| metallic element, metal any of several chemical elements that are usually shiny solids that conduct heat or electricity and can be formed into sheets etc. | ||
| cinnabar large red-and-black European moth; larvae feed on leaves of ragwort; introduced into United States to control ragwort | ||
| calomel, mercurous chloride a tasteless colorless powder used medicinally as a cathartic | ||
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Wiktionary 
- quicksilver (Noun)
The metal mercury. - quicksilver (Noun)
An amalgam of mercury and tin applied to the backs of mirrors, quicksilvering. - quicksilver (Verb)
To overlay with quicksilver. - quicksilver (Verb)
To treat with quicksilver. - quicksilver (Adjective)
Unpredictable, erratic or fickle; mercurial.
Webster DictionaryWebster's Unabridged Dictionary 📘
- quicksilver (a.)
The metal mercury; -- so called from its resemblance to liquid silver.
OmegaWiki DictionaryOmegaWiki Dictionary Ω
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quicksilver
Liable to sudden unpredictable change.
Part of speech
🔤- quicksilver, verb, present, 1st person singular of quicksilver (infinitive).
- quicksilver, verb (infinitive).
- quicksilver, noun, singular of quicksilvers.
