imponderable vs quicksilver

imponderable

adj
  • Difficult or impossible to comprehend or evaluate. 

  • Not ponderable; without sensible or appreciable weight; incapable of being weighed. 

noun
  • An imponderable question. 

  • A factor that cannot be anticipated. 

  • An imponderable substance or body; specifically, in the plural, a name formerly applied to heat, light, electricity, and magnetism. 

quicksilver

adj
  • Unpredictable, erratic or fickle; mercurial. 

verb
  • To overlay with quicksilver. 

  • To treat with quicksilver. 

noun
  • The metal mercury. 

  • An amalgam of mercury and tin applied to the backs of mirrors, quicksilvering. 

How often have the words imponderable and quicksilver occurred in a corpus of books? (source: Google Ngram Viewer )