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Meaning of "quicksilverish" in the English dictionary

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PRONUNCIATION OF QUICKSILVERISH

quicksilverish  [ˈkwɪksɪlvərɪʃ] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF QUICKSILVERISH

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Quicksilverish is an adjective.
The adjective is the word that accompanies the noun to determine or qualify it.

WHAT DOES QUICKSILVERISH MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Definition of quicksilverish in the English dictionary

The definition of quicksilverish in the dictionary is resembling quicksilver.


WORDS THAT RHYME WITH QUICKSILVERISH


amateurish
ˈæmətərɪʃ
barish
ˈbɛərɪʃ
bearish
ˈbɛərɪʃ
boorish
ˈbʊərɪʃ
cleverish
ˈklevərɪʃ
empoverish
ɪmˈpɒvərɪʃ
feverish
ˈfiːvərɪʃ
garish
ˈɡɛərɪʃ
gibberish
ˈdʒɪbərɪʃ
harish
ˈhɛərɪʃ
impoverish
ɪmˈpɒvərɪʃ
lickerish
ˈlɪkərɪʃ
liquorish
ˈlɪkərɪʃ
liverish
ˈlɪvərɪʃ
Moorish
ˈmʊərɪʃ
nightmarish
ˈnaɪtˌmɛərɪʃ
ogrish
ˈəʊɡərɪʃ
quiverish
ˈkwɪvərɪʃ
sourish
ˈsaʊərɪʃ
squarish
ˈskweərɪʃ

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE QUICKSILVERISH

quick-wittedly
quick-wittedness
quickbeam
quicken
quickener
quickfire
quickie
quickie divorce
quicklime
quickly
quickness
quicksand
quickset
quickset hedge
quicksilver
quicksilvery
quickstep
quickstepped
quickstepping
quickthorn

WORDS THAT END LIKE QUICKSILVERISH

bitterish
bounderish
buccaneerish
cavalierish
cherish
copperish
flapperish
Irish
loaferish
Micawberish
muckerish
niggerish
pantherish
perish
pokerish
Quakerish
ratherish
schoolmasterish
tigerish
waterish
winterish

Synonyms and antonyms of quicksilverish in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «quicksilverish» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF QUICKSILVERISH

Find out the translation of quicksilverish to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of quicksilverish from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «quicksilverish» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

quicksilverish
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

quicksilverish
570 millions of speakers

English

quicksilverish
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

quicksilverish
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

quicksilverish
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

quicksilverish
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

quicksilverish
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

quicksilverish
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

quicksilverish
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Quicksilverish
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

quicksilverish
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

quicksilverish
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

quicksilverish
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Quicksilverish
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

quicksilverish
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

quicksilverish
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

द्रुतगतीने
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

quicksilverish
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

quicksilverish
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

quicksilverish
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

quicksilverish
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

quicksilverish
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

quicksilverish
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

quicksilverish
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

quicksilverish
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

quicksilverish
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of quicksilverish

TRENDS

TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «QUICKSILVERISH»

The term «quicksilverish» is used very little and occupies the 173.345 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «QUICKSILVERISH» OVER TIME

The graph expresses the annual evolution of the frequency of use of the word «quicksilverish» during the past 500 years. Its implementation is based on analysing how often the term «quicksilverish» appears in digitalised printed sources in English between the year 1500 and the present day.

Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about quicksilverish

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «QUICKSILVERISH»

Discover the use of quicksilverish in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to quicksilverish and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
1
Baily's Magazine of Sports and Pastimes
'Well, Doctor,' said the quicksilverish little Hon. Sec. as he frisked up to our hero, his smooth face wreathed in bland smiles, ' it's a great fight, as I thought it would be. Only goodness knows ' what we would have done without you. Our bowling ...
‎1868
2
Baily's Magazine of Sports & Pastimes
'Well, Doctor,' said the quicksilverish little Hon. Sec. as he frisked up to our hero, his smooth face wreathed in bland smiles, ' it's a great fight, as I thought it would be. Only goodness knows ' what we would have done without you. Our bowling ...
‎1868
3
Growing God: A Guide for Spiritual Gardeners
A parable communicates but does so in an indirect and often quicksilverish fashion, is more concerned with deep meaning than factual data, and is better heard than read. This accounts for why so many of us today are tempted to skim over ...
Kerry Walters, 2001
4
Freedom to Offend: How New York Remade Movie Culture
In a profile of Burstyn for the magazine Park East, Herbert Mitgang described him as someone who came alive in the evening, with a “quicksilverish expression,” “ porcelain-blue eyes,” and a face crowned by a “flying V of silver hair.” He was a ...
Raymond J. Haberski, Jr., 2007
5
The Essential Works of Willa Cather:
She displayed, under his nose, the only kind of figure he considered worth looking at--that of a very young girl, supple and sinuous and quicksilverish; thin, eager shoulders, polished white arms that were nowhere too fat and nowhere too  ...
Willa Cather, 1961
6
Overcoming Resistant Personality Disorders: A Personalized ...
1 2 3 E. Mercurial: Volatile and quicksilverish, at times unduly ebullient, charged up, and irrepressible; at other times, flighty and erratic emotionally, blowing hot and cold (e.g., has marked penchant for momentary excitements). 1 2 3 F. Fickle:  ...
Theodore Millon, Seth Grossman, 2007
7
Talking Cures and Placebo Effects
Despite its quicksilverish appearance, insight has not proven to be scientifically invisible. Beginning in the 19505, a research program has gradually emerged dedicated to investigating the nature, conditions, frequency, and relevance of ...
David A. Jopling, 2008
8
The Millon Inventories: A Practitioner's Guide to ...
Mercurial: Volatile and quicksilverish, at times unduly ebullient, charged up, and irrepressible; at other times, flighty and erratic emotionally, blowing hot and cold ( e.g., has marked penchant for momentary excitements). 123F. Fickle: Displays ...
Theodore Millon, Caryl Bloom, 2008
9
Youth and the Bright Medusa
... a very young girl, supple and sinuous and quicksilverish; thin, eager shoulders, polished white arms that were nowhere too fat and nowhere too thin. McKann found it agreeable to look at Kitty, but when he saw that the authoritative Mrs. Post, ...
Willa Cather, 2009
10
Within the City Wall: A Memoir of Childhood
Mrs Marshall, the sexton's quicksilverish little wife, nutcracker-jawed like a benevolent old fairy, had been busy there. Mr Marshall himself happened to be tending the stove. He was in shirtsleeves, and his huge bulk towered comically, like the ...
Margaret Mann Phillips, 1943

REFERENCE
« EDUCALINGO. Quicksilverish [online]. Available <https://educalingo.com/en/dic-en/quicksilverish>. May 2024 ».
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