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quicksilver

/'kwɪk,sɪlvər/

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adjective
liable to sudden unpredictable change
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"a quicksilver character, cool and willful at one moment, utterly fragile the next"

Similar:

erratic fickle mercurial changeful changeable
noun
a heavy silvery toxic univalent and bivalent metallic element; the only metal that is liquid at ordinary temperatures
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Similar:

atomic number 80 hg hydrargyrum mercury

type of:
metal metallic element

Examples of quicksilver

"a quicksilver character, cool and willful at one moment, utterly fragile the next"