quicksilvered
/ˈkwɪkˌsɪlvəd/adjective
1 Figurative. Resembling quicksilver; bright, rapid, unpredictable, mercurial.
2Treated or coated with quicksilver; especially (of glass) made reflective by coating with an amalgam of tin. Now chiefly historical.
Origin
Early 17th century; earliest use found in Edwin Sandys. From quicksilver + -ed.
- yellow dog contract
- yellow earth
- yellow fever
- yellow fever virus
- yellowfin
- yellowfin tuna
- yellow flag
- yellow ground
- yellowhammer
- Yellowhammer State
- yellowhead
- yellowish
- yellow jack
- yellow jacket
- yellow jasmine
- yellow jersey
- yellow journalism
- yellow journalist
- Yellowknife
- yellowlegs
- yellow line
- yellowly
- yellow metal
- yellowness
- yellow ocher