mercurialize
English
verb
Definitions
- (chemistry) To treat with mercury (the metal).
- (obsolete) To treat with a mercury ointment
- (obsolete) To be sprightly, fantastic, or capricious.
Etymology
Suffix from English mercurial.
Origin
English
mercurial
Gloss
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- mercurial English
- mercurialism English
- mercurialist English
- mercuriality English
- mercurialization English
- mercurially English
- mercurialness English
- nonmercurial English
- organomercurial English
- phenylmercurial English
- unmercurial English
- mercurial Middle English