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mercuriousness

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Etymology

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From mercurious +‎ -ness.

Noun

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mercuriousness (uncountable)

  1. (very rare) The quality of being mercurious (like Mercury in celerity).
    • 1840, Thomas Fuller, The History of the Worthies of England:
      In memory of which service he had given him, for the crest of his arms, a chapeau with wings, to denote the Mercuriousness of this messenger.
    • 2009, Mark C. Elliott, Emperor Qianlong: Son of Heaven, Man of the World, page 44:
      Qianlong was showing a mercuriousness that few had seen before: even officials close to the throne were puzzled, and trod cautiously.
    • For more quotations using this term, see Citations:mercuriousness.
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