mercurialism

mer·cu·ri·al·ism

M m

Transcription

- US Pronunciation
- US IPA
- UK Pronunciation
- UK IPA
- [mer-kyoo r-ee-uh-liz-uh m]
- /mərˈkyʊər i əˌlɪz əm/
- /mɜːˈkjʊərɪəlɪz(ə)m /

- US Pronunciation
- US IPA
- [mer-kyoo r-ee-uh-liz-uh m]
- /mərˈkyʊər i əˌlɪz əm/

Definitions of mercurialism word

noun mercurialism poisoning by mercury. 1
noun mercurialism poisoning caused by chronic ingestion of mercury 0

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Origin of mercurialism

First appearance:

before 1820

One of the 38% newest English words

First recorded in 1820-30; mercurial + -ism

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Parts of speech for Mercurialism

noun

adjective

verb

adverb

pronoun

preposition

conjunction

determiner

exclamation

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mercurialism popularity

A pretty common term. Usually people know it’s meaning, but prefer to use a more spread out synonym. About 34% of English native speakers know the meaning and use word.

According to our data most of word are more popular. This word is almost not used. It has a much more popular synonym.

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