Mercurial

Tanımlar (İngilizce)

1. isim Any of the plants known as mercury, especially the annual mercury or French mercury (Mercurialis annua).
2. isim A person born under the influence of the planet Mercury; hence, a person having an eloquent, quickwitted, furtive, or volatile character.

   “As for [Lambert] Simnell, there was not much in him, more then that hee was a handſome Boy, and did not ſhame his Robes. But this Youth (of whom wee are now to ſpeake) was ſuch a Mercuriall, as the like hath ſeldome beene knowne; and could make his owne part, if at any time hee chanced to bee out.”

3. isim A chemical compound containing mercury.
4. isim A preparation of mercury, especially as a treatment for syphilis.
5. sıfat Having a lively or volatile character; animated, changeable, quick-witted.

   “his mercurial temperament”

6. sıfat Pertaining to the astrological influence of the planet Mercury; having the characteristics of a person under such influence (see adjective sense 1).

   “The Sun to the Terms of Mercury. It inclineth the native to be Mercurial, given to ſtudy Arts and Sciences, and to delight in reading, and to follow his Calling with chearfulneſs.”

7. sıfat Pertaining to the planet Mercury.
8. sıfat Of or pertaining to the element mercury or quicksilver; containing mercury.

   “Beware alſo of Mercuriall lotions, I meane any which haue Mercurie Sublimate Precipitat or otherwiſe prepared in them, for though they haue good qualities, yet they are vpon my knowledge and experience dangerous, [...]”

9. sıfat Caused by the action of mercury or a mercury compound.
10. sıfat Pertaining to Mercury, the Roman god of, among other things, commerce, financial gain, communication, and thieves and trickery; hence (comparable), money-making; crafty.

    “Near-synonym: Hermesian”

11. sıfat Alternative letter-case form of mercurial.

    “The alchemists too spoke of the return of the Mercurial spirit as a ‘celestial rain’, or ‘dew’ (Norton’s stilla roris madidi, Dee’s ros caeli), a ‘divine water’ falling from the ‘heaven’ of the vessel to reanimate the blackened earth of the Stuff.”