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quicksilver

/ˈkwɪkˌsɪlvɚ/ adjective C2
  1. Unpredictable, erratic, or fickle; mercurial. (literary)
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As we approached it, there was the wooden drawbridge and the beautiful broad moat as still and luminous as quicksilver in the cold, winter sunshine.
The Valley of Fear, p. 38 · C1

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