anemic vs quicksilver

anemic

adj
  • Weak; listless; lacking power, vigor, vitality, or colorfulness. 

  • Of, pertaining to, or suffering from anemia. 

noun
  • An individual who has anemia. 

quicksilver

adj
  • Unpredictable, erratic or fickle; mercurial. 

noun
  • The metal mercury. 

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

verb
  • To overlay with quicksilver. 

  • To treat with quicksilver. 

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