Flashcards: Latin Derivatives

mercurial

 

1. changeable, volatile, flighty; 2. animated, quick; 3. containing mercury

 

The actress’s mercurial temperament caused many a director to pull at his hair.

 

Latin root word: Mercurius, Mercuri, m. - Mercury, the messenger of the gods (Hermes in Greek mythology)

 

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