Word Of The Week: Mercurial

As I mentioned, I saw Adventureland today, and I was a little thrilled by the high level of vocabulary. Indeed, I was reminded that back in the day that teenagers did indeed use slang, but all in all the language used as daily colloquialisms were of a much higher quality.

They were talking about the fickleness of women and called them mercurial. Fantastic.....

Pronunciation: \(ˌ)mər-ˈkyu̇r-ē-əl\
Function: adjective

Date: 14th century

1 : of, relating to, or born under the planet Mercury
2 : having qualities of eloquence, ingenuity, or thievishness attributed to the god Mercury or to the influence of the planet Mercury
3 : characterized by rapid and unpredictable changeableness of mood mercurial temper> 4 : of, relating to, containing, or caused by mercury

synonyms see inconstant