Mercury
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English[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From Middle English Mercurie, from Latin Mercurius.
Pronunciation[edit]
Proper noun[edit]
Mercury
- (astronomy) The planet in the solar system with the closest orbit to the Sun, named after the god; represented by ☿.
- (Roman mythology) The Roman god associated with speed, sometimes used as a messenger. He wore winged sandals. Mercury corresponded to the Greek god Hermes.
Synonyms[edit]
- (astronomy, astrology): ☿
Translations[edit]
planet
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Roman god
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See also[edit]
- (planets of the Solar System) planets of the Solar System; Mercury, Venus, Earth, Mars, Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, Neptune
Solar System in English · Solar System (layout · text) | ||||||||||||||||||
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Star | Sun | |||||||||||||||||
Planets and most likely dwarf planets |
Mercury | Venus | Earth | Mars | Ceres | Jupiter | Saturn | Uranus | Neptune | Pluto | ||||||||
Notable moons |
— | Moon | Phobos Deimos |
— | Io Europa Ganymede Callisto |
Mimas Enceladus Tethys Dione Rhea Titan Iapetus |
Miranda Ariel Umbriel Titania Oberon |
Triton | Charon Styx Nix Kerberos Hydra |
Noun[edit]
Mercury (plural Mercuries)
- (obsolete) A carrier of tidings; a newsboy, a messenger. [16th–19th c.]
- Someone who carries messages between lovers; a go-between. [from 17th c.]
- 1751, Tobias Smollett, The Adventures of Peregrine Pickle, vol. II, ch. 63:
- His Mercury having made his observations, reported, that there was no body in the coach but Mrs. Hornbeck and an elderly woman, who had all the air of a duenna, and that the servant was not the same footman who had attended them in France.
- 1751, Tobias Smollett, The Adventures of Peregrine Pickle, vol. II, ch. 63:
- (dated) A newspaper. [from 17th c.]
- 1849–1861, Thomas Babington Macaulay, chapter 21, in The History of England from the Accession of James the Second, volume (please specify |volume=I to V), London: Longman, Brown, Green, and Longmans, OCLC 1069526323:
- No allusion to it is to be found in the monthly Mercuries.
Further reading[edit]
Mercury (planet) on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
Mercury (mythology) on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
Part or all of this entry has been imported from the 1913 edition of Webster’s Dictionary, which is now free of copyright and hence in the public domain. The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.
(See the entry for “Mercury” in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.)
Middle English[edit]
Proper noun[edit]
Mercury
- Alternative form of Mercurie
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