quicksilver vs weird

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. 

weird

adj
  • Deviating from the normal; bizarre. 

  • Having an unusually strange character or behaviour. 

verb
  • To warn solemnly; adjure. 

  • To destine; doom; change by witchcraft or sorcery. 

noun
  • Weirdness. 

  • That which comes to pass; a fact. 

  • A prediction. 

adv
  • In a strange manner. 

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