quicksilver
Collocations
5ADJ.
gold, known, known, liquid
VERB + QUICKSILVER
convert
QUICKSILVER + NOUN
commodity
PREP.
into
ADV.
also, also, always, rather, unsuccessfully
Definitions
noun
The metal mercury.
An amalgam of mercury and tin applied to the backs of mirrors, quicksilvering.
adj
Unpredictable, erratic or fickle; mercurial.
Summer is not the most auspicious season for theater in New York. Aside from a few certifiable Broadway hits, it is, in fact, a rather quicksilver commodity.
The idea of a merchant selling both totems of pure evil and frozen yogurt (he calls it frogurt!) is amusing in itself, as is the idea that frogurt could be cursed, but it’s really the Shopkeeper’s quicksilver shift from ominous doomsaying to chipper salesmanship that sells the sequence.
verb
To overlay with quicksilver.
To treat with quicksilver.
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Idioms & Phrases
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6Summer is not the most auspicious season for theater in New York. Aside from a few certifiable Broadway hits, it is, in fact, a rather quicksilver commodity.
WiktionaryThe idea of a merchant selling both totems of pure evil and frozen yogurt (he calls it frogurt!) is amusing in itself, as is the idea that frogurt could be cursed, but it’s really the Shopkeeper’s qui
WiktionaryQuicksilver, always liquid, corrodes metals.
Tatoeba · #7305728Mercury is also known as quicksilver.
Tatoeba · #11576518The alchemist tried unsuccessfully to convert quicksilver into gold.
Tatoeba · #11592849Quicksilver is also known as mercury.
Tatoeba · #12850233