Definitions for mercurial

mercurial mer·cu·ri·al

Spelling: [mer-kyoo r-ee-uh l]
IPA: /mərˈkyʊər i əl/

Mercurial is a 9 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 13 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 17 points.

You can make 421 anagrams from letters in mercurial (aceilmrru).

Definitions for mercurial

noun

  1. Pharmacology. a preparation of mercury used as a drug.

adjective

  1. changeable; volatile; fickle; flighty; erratic:
  2. animated; lively; sprightly; quick-witted.
  3. pertaining to, containing, or caused by the metal mercury.
  4. (initial capital letter) of or relating to the god Mercury.
  5. (initial capital letter) of or relating to the planet Mercury.

Origin of mercurial

1350-1400; Middle English Latin mercuriālis of, pertaining to the god or planet Mercury. See mercury, -al1

Examples for mercurial

Since the recession, a mercurial job market has made it difficult for many vets to find steady employment.

But Chechnya has become a republic of fear, the fiefdom of one man: its mercurial 36-year-old president, Ramzan Kadyrov.

But I press on, because my mercurial editor is emailing me, “When are you filing that bitcoin story!??”

Of a fiery, mercurial disposition, his temper flew in a moment.

They are superstitious, violent, passionate, mercurial, and secretive, with a greater belief in dragons than in any saint.

The champagne was bubbling trickily in the veins of the mercurial statesmen.

Vidi, measures approximately, but not with the permanence of the mercurial.

I think that Michael would hate to be falsely remembered as perfect in retrospect—he was mercurial, impulsive, and intense.

He took iodide of potassium for a time after his mercurial course.

He is of that deep, mercurial disposition that attracts women.

Word Value for mercurial
Scrable

13

Words with friends

17

Similar words for mercurial
Word of the day