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quicksilver

adjectivenoun /kwɪksɪlvər/ 3 syllables 11 letters Scrabble 29 WWF 33
Definitions
adjective

liable to sudden unpredictable change

“a quicksilver character, cool and willful at one moment, utterly fragile the next”

noun

a heavy silvery toxic univalent and bivalent metallic element; the only metal that is liquid at ordinary temperatures

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