mercurial
mercurial is a 9-letter English word with 11 senses as adjective and noun in the JumbleFix dictionary. One common meaning is: Having the qualities fabled to belong to the god Mercury; swift; active; sprightly; fickle; volatile; changeable; as, a mercurial youth; a mercurial temperament. Face value is 13 in Scrabble and 17 in Words With Friends. Use the entries below when you need a playable sense, a nearby word, or another arrangement of the same letters.
Definitions
- adjective. Having the qualities fabled to belong to the god Mercury; swift; active; sprightly; fickle; volatile; changeable; as, a mercurial youth; a mercurial temperament.
- adjective. Having the form or image of Mercury; -- applied to ancient guideposts.
- adjective. Of or pertaining to Mercury as the god of trade; hence, money-making; crafty.
- adjective. Of or pertaining to, or containing, mercury; as, mercurial preparations, barometer. See Mercury, 2.
- adjective. Caused by the use of mercury; as, mercurial sore mouth.
- noun. A person having mercurial qualities.
- noun. A preparation containing mercury.
- adjective. liable to sudden unpredictable change
"erratic behavior"
"fickle weather"
- adjective. relating to or containing or caused by mercury
"mercurial preparations"
"mercurial sore mouth"
- adjective. relating to or having characteristics (eloquence, shrewdness, swiftness, thievishness) attributed to the god Mercury
"more than Mercurial thievishness"
- adjective. relating to or under the (astrological) influence of the planet Mercury
"the Mercurial canals"
Synonyms
Common word forms
mercurials, mercurially, mercurialise, mercuriality, mercurialize, mercurialness
Words from these letters
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