Mercurial

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Mercurial Definition

• (a) relating to or under the (astrological) influence of the planet Mercury; "the Mercurial canals"
• (a) relating to or having characteristics (eloquence, shrewdness, swiftness, thievishness) attributed to the god Mercury; "more than Mercurial thievishness"
• (a) relating to or containing or caused by mercury; "mercurial preparations"; "mercurial sore mouth"
• (s) 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"

Mercurial Synonyms

• erratic
• fickle
• mercurial
• quicksilver(a)