quicksilver

Speech parts

1. quicksilver - Noun

2. quicksilver - Adjective

3. quicksilver - Verb

4. quicksilver - Adjective Satellite

Meaning

The metal mercury; -- so called from its resemblance to liquid silver.

Source: Webster's dictionary

Synonyms

mercury hydrargyrum fickle erratic capricious mercurial hg unpredictable eagle hare argent moon dart chameleon light
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Antonyms

certain strong constant fixed stable reliable
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Hypernyms

metal metallic element

Phrases with the word

quicksilver water quicksilver horizon quicksilver element

Examples

Love is like quicksilver in the hand. Leave the fingers open and it stays. Clutch it and it darts away. Dorothy Parker

The false interpreters of nature declare that quicksilver is the common seed of every metal, not remembering that nature varies the seed according to the variety of the things she desires to produce in the world. Leonardo da Vinci

Dealing with the Liberals, it was like trying to grab quicksilver. Alex Salmond

Your quicksilver declaiming eye Had frozen to the stare of a straight line Which only saw goals painted in its beam And made an artificial darkness all around Which thickened into Allies. Stephen Spender

These are the quicksilver moments of my childhood I cannot remember entirely. Irresistible and emblematic, I can recall them only in fragments and shivers of the heart. Pat Conroy

A mirror does not develop because an historical pageant passes in front of it. It only develops when it gets a fresh coat of quicksilver. E. M. Forster

Close letter words and terms

quickshaw quicksie iron quicksighted quicksilver element quicksilver horizon quicksilver water