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 usesmercury or supports its use inmedicine .
Etymologies
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mercurial + -ist
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