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1. quicksilver
adjective. ['ˈkwɪkˈsɪlvɝ'] liable to sudden unpredictable change.
Antonyms
Etymology
- quyksilver (Middle English (1100-1500))
- cwicseolfor (Old English (ca. 450-1100))
Rhymes with Quicksilver
- quiksilver
Sentences with quicksilver
1. Adverb
Also called quicksilver, mercury has been known for more than 3,500 years.
2. Noun, singular or mass
Use SAE5W or SAE10W instead of quicksilver fluid for Mercruiser trim pumps.
3. Verb, base form
Other substitutes to quicksilver include chainsaw oil and sewing machine oil.
Quotes about quicksilver
1. Love is like quicksilver in the hand. Leave the fingers open and it stays. Clutch it and it darts away.
- Dorothy Parker
2. Mineral cactai,quicksilver lizards in the adobe walls,the bird that punctures space,thirst, tedium, clouds of dust, impalpable epiphanies of wind.The pines taught me to talk to myself.In that garden I learnedto send myself off.Later there were no gardens.
- Octavio Paz, A Draft of Shadows and Other Poems