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mercurial
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mercurial as in:  mercurial twists of temperament

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  • So our mercurial Ladislaw has a queer genealogy†  (source)
  • mercurial twists of temperament†
  • the Mercurial canals†
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  • more than Mercurial thievishness†
  • mercurial preparations†
  • mercurial sore mouth†
  • And mercurial trout,†  (source)
  • Then, mercurially, as though he'd read the letter, by God, for the last time in his life, he stuffed it like so much excelsior into its envelope.†  (source)
  • What was confusing was his mother's mercurial attitude.†  (source)
  • According to members of the extended family, his moods can be dark and mercurial, although they say his famous temper has lost much of its volatility in recent years.†  (source)
  • Now he was just Will—maddening, mercurial, clever, funny Will—who patronized me and liked to play Professor Higgins to my Eliza Doolittle.†  (source)
  • Men are friendly to me at the restaurant, and sometimes they ask me to a movie, but there is no man like Jess, graceful and mysterious, no man like Ty, forthright and good and blind, no man like Pete, mercurial and haunted, no man like Daddy, who is what he is and can't be labeled.†  (source)
  • Other friends, like Mr. Abernathy —my dad's age, with some ill-articulated scandal or disgrace in his past—were so mercurial and articulate, so utterly dismissive of me ("And where did you say you obtained this child, James?"†  (source)
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