mercurial

Meaning

Hyphenated as
mer‧cu‧ri‧al
Pronounced as (IPA)
/məːˈkjʊə.ɹɪ.əl/
Etymology

In summary

Noun sense 1 (“(obsolete) plant known as mercury”) is from Middle English mercurial, from Anglo-Norman mercurial and Old French mercurial, or directly from their etymon, from Mercurius (“the Roman god Mercury”) + -ālis (suffix forming adjectives of relationship from nouns). Later adjective and noun uses may have been directly derived from Latin mercuriālis, whence Middle English mercurial (“under the astrological influence of the planet Mercury”).

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