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1. (v.t.) quicksilver
to amalgamate (metal).
2. (adj.) quicksilver
unpredictably changeable; mercurial.
Etymology: (bef. 1000; ME qwyksilver, OE cwicseolfor (trans. L argentum vīvum) lit., living silver)
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1. (adj) mercury, quicksilver, hydrargyrum, Hg, atomic number 80
a heavy silvery toxic univalent and bivalent metallic element; the only metal that is liquid at ordinary temperatures
2. (adj) erratic, fickle, mercurial, quicksilver(a)
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"
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1. (adj) quicksilver
the metal mercury; -- so called from its resemblance to liquid silver
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Sense: mercury.
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 Afrikaans: kwik |
 Arabic: زِئْبَق |
 Bulgarian: живак |
 Brazilian: mercúrio |
 Czech: rtuť |
 German: das Quecksilber |
 Danish: kviksølv |
 Greek: υδράργυρος |
 Spanish: mercurio |
 Estonian: elavhõbe |
 Farsi: جیوه |
 Finnish: elohopea |
 French: mercure |
 Hebrew: כַּספִּית |
 Hindi: पारा |
 Croatian: živa |
 Hungarian: higany |
 Indonesian: air raksa |
 Icelandic: kvikasilfur |
 Italian: mercurio |
 Japanese: 水銀 |
 Korean: 수은 |
 Lithuanian: gyvsidabris |
 Latvian: dzīvsudrabs |
 Malay: merkuri |
 Dutch: kwikzilver |
 Norwegian: kvikksølv |
 Polish: żywe srebro |
 Persian: جیوه |
 Pashto: اره ( سيماب |
 Portuguese: mercúrio |
 Romanian: argint viu |
 Russian: ртуть |
 Slovak: ortuť |
 Slovenian: živo srebro |
 Serbian: živa |
 Swedish: kvicksilver |
 Thai: ปรอท |
 Turkish: cıva |
 Taiwanese: 水銀 |
 Ukrainian: ртуть |
 Urdu: سیال پارہ |
 Vietnamese: thuỷ ngân |
 Chinese: 水银 |
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