mercuriousness
English
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From mercurious + -ness.
Noun
[edit]mercuriousness (uncountable)
- (very rare) The quality of being mercurious.
- 1840, Thomas Fuller, The History of the Worthies of England:
- In memory of which service he had given him, for the crest of his arms, a chapeau with wings, to denote the Mercuriousness of this messenger.
- 2009, Mark C. Elliott, Emperor Qianlong: Son of Heaven, Man of the World, page 44:
- Qianlong was showing a mercuriousness that few had seen before: even officials close to the throne were puzzled, and trod cautiously.