Associations to the word «Quicksilver»
Noun
Adverb
Wiktionary
QUICKSILVER, noun. The metal mercury.
QUICKSILVER, noun. (colloquial) An amalgam of mercury and tin applied to the backs of mirrors, quicksilvering.
QUICKSILVER, adjective. Unpredictable, erratic or fickle; mercurial.
QUICKSILVER, verb. To overlay with quicksilver.
QUICKSILVER, verb. To treat with quicksilver.
QUICKSILVER WATER, noun. A solution of mercury nitrate used in artificial silvering.
Dictionary definition
QUICKSILVER, noun. A heavy silvery toxic univalent and bivalent metallic element; the only metal that is liquid at ordinary temperatures.
QUICKSILVER, adjective. 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".
Wise words
Words, words, words! They shut one off from the universe.
Three quarters of the time one's never in contact with
things, only with the beastly words that stand for them.