Definitions

from The Century Dictionary.

  • noun One who is under the influence of the planet Mercury, or one resembling the god Mercury in fickleness of character.
  • noun A physician much given to the use of mercury in the treatment of disease.
  • noun A scholar; a rhetorician.

from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.

  • noun One under the influence of Mercury; one resembling Mercury in character.
  • noun (Med.) A physician who uses much mercury, in any of its forms, in his practice.

from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.

  • noun archaic, medicine A doctor who uses mercury or supports its use in medicine.

Etymologies

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mercurial +‎ -ist

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