What part of speech is quicksilver?

Quicksilver can be categorized as a noun and a verb.

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Parts of speech

  • 1. quicksilver is a verb, present, 1st person singular of quicksilver (infinitive).
  • 2. quicksilver is a verb (infinitive).
  • 3. quicksilver is a noun, singular of quicksilvers.

Inflections

Verb

Noun

What does quicksilver mean?

Definitions

Adjective

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"

Verb

quicksilver - To overlay with quicksilver.
quicksilver - To treat with quicksilver.

Noun

quicksilver - a heavy silvery toxic univalent and bivalent metallic element; the only metal that is liquid at ordinary temperatures

Examples of quicksilver

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1. adj. A quicksilver character, cool and willful at one moment, utterly fragile the next.
Sentence  
adj.
A quicksilver character, cool and willful at one moment, utterly fragile the next.

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