different between quicksilver vs foliate

English

Etymology

From Middle English quyk silver, quyksilver, quikselver, from Old English cwicseolfor (“quicksilver”, literally “living silver”) (see Latin argentum vivum) from its ability to move. See quick in the sense of "living". Equivalent to quick +? silver. Cognate with Dutch kwikzilver, German Low German Quicksülver, German Quecksilber, Danish kviksølv, Norwegian Bokmål kvikksølv, Swedish kvicksilver.

Pronunciation

• (US) enPR: kw?k's?lv?r, IPA^(key): /?kw?k?s?lv?/

Noun

quicksilver (uncountable)

1. The metal mercury.
2. (colloquial) An amalgam of mercury and tin applied to the backs of mirrors, quicksilvering.

Quotations

• For quotations using this term, see Citations:quicksilver.

Synonyms

• (the metal mercury): mercury, hydrargyrum

Derived terms

Translations

Adjective

quicksilver (not comparable)

1. Unpredictable, erratic or fickle; mercurial.

Translations

Verb

quicksilver (third-person singular simple present quicksilvers, present participle quicksilvering, simple past and past participle quicksilvered)

1. To overlay with quicksilver.
2. To treat with quicksilver.

Further reading

• David Barthelmy (1997–2021) , “Quicksilver”, in Webmineral Mineralogy Database
• “quicksilver”, in Mindat.org?^[2], Hudson Institute of Mineralogy, 2000–2021.
• quicksilver in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.
• William Dwight Whitney and Benjamin E[li] Smith, editors (1914) , “quicksilver”, in The Century Dictionary: An Encyclopedic Lexicon of the English Language, volume IV (P–Simulant), revised edition, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., OCLC 1078064371.

English

Etymology

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Pronunciation

• (adjective) IPA^(key): /?f??li?t/
• (verb) IPA^(key): /?f??lie?t/

Adjective

foliate (comparative more foliate, superlative most foliate)

1. of or relating to leaves
2. shaped like a leaf
3. (geology) foliated

Derived terms

• defoliate
• difoliate
• subfoliate

Verb

foliate (third-person singular simple present foliates, present participle foliating, simple past and past participle foliated)

1. To form into leaves.
2. To beat into a leaf, or thin plate.

   • for leaf gold, or any metal foliated, will cling

3. To spread over with a thin coat of tin and quicksilver.

Translations

Anagrams

• floatie

Latin

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /fo.li?a?.te/, [f?li?ä?t??]
• (Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /fo.li?a.te/, [f?li???t??]

Adjective

foli?te

1. vocative masculine singular of foli?tus