quicksilver

Domain: Universal Words

noun, adjective noun [U] (old use) = MERCURY adjective [onlybeforenoun] (literary) changing or moving very quickly: his quicksilver temperament

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This is a English–English dictionary entry.

Sourced from Main Dictionary in Lughet's collection.

This word also appears under other sources in Lughet's collection — see the list below.

Same word in other sources

quicksilverEnglish›UyghurMain Dictionary quicksilverEnglish›ChineseGetWord Corpus quicksilverEnglish›ChineseMain Dictionary

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