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Meaning of mercurial

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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:

  mercurial
      adj 1: 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" [syn: {erratic},
             {fickle}, {mercurial}, {quicksilver(a)}]
      2: relating to or under the (astrological) influence of the
         planet Mercury; "the Mercurial canals"
      3: relating to or having characteristics (eloquence, shrewdness,
         swiftness, thievishness) attributed to the god Mercury; "more
         than Mercurial thievishness"
      4: relating to or containing or caused by mercury; "mercurial
         preparations"; "mercurial sore mouth"

Source : WordNet ® Princeton University. 2010.

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