Meanings of mercurial temperament in English

Very soon after her mother's death, his mercurial temperament jarred upon her.

The root lay in herself-inher own instability of purpose, her mercurial temperament.

He had the lively mercurial temperament of the Latin races from which he sprang.

Her mercurial temperament was born of the sun and wind, the dancing waters and singing birds.

The whole race of Flemings and people, although exceptional cases of mercurial temperament were not rare.

There's the secret of our mercurial temperament.

Eaton's mercurial temperament responded with a glow.

Her mercurial temperament asserted itself.

Instead of exciting him, as it might had he been a man of mercurial temperament, it irritated him intensely.

His Hebraic type of manly beauty and mercurial temperament must have contrasted strangely with Mrs. Potiphar's dark and stolid countrymen.

Duterte has regularly been described as the "Donald Trump of Asia" for his mercurial temperament and anti-establishment populist support.

Felix, despite his protests, was not enamoured of Delgratz, and his mercurial temperament rejoiced in the near approach of his beloved Paris.

At the age of fifteen he entered a counting-room, when his quick mercurial temperament soon rendered him expert at its minor functions.

Crook's arrival each afternoon was the only break in the monotony of a life which was rapidly becoming unbearable to Desmond's mercurial temperament.

And such is doubtless the opinion of the great majority of people of culture and refinement, especially those of a jovial or mercurial temperament.

Being fortunate, however, in the possession of a mercurial temperament, he presently rallied, and continued his praises of the artificial memory provided by the indispensable.