nnoun.substancea heavy silvery toxic univalent and bivalent metallic element; the only metal that is liquid at ordinary temperaturesSynset:Hg atomic number 80 hydrargyrum mercury
Derivationally Related Form:mercurialmercurousmercuric
Substance Holonyms:calomel mercurous chloride cinnabar
Hypernyms:metal metallic element
Inherited Hypernyms:mercurymetallic elementchemical elementsubstancematterphysical entityentity
Inherited Hypernyms:mercurymetallic elementchemical elementsubstancepartrelationabstractionentity
adj satadj.allliable to sudden unpredictable changeSynset:erratic fickle mercurial
Examples:- erratic behavior
- fickle weather
- mercurial twists of temperament
- a quicksilver character, cool and willful at one moment, utterly fragile the next
Antonyms:unchangeable
Derivationally Related Form:fickleness
Inherited Hypernyms:erratic
Similar to:changeable changeful