Mercutian n. 2

I wondered what curious sort of metal this might be—so like copper in appearance. I doubted if it were copper, since even in this hot, moist air it seemed to have no property of oxidation. I asked Miela about it, and she gave me its Mercutian name at once; but of course that helped me not a bit.

He drilled in the idea of rain, until he was sure he had made his point, securing various Mercutian expressions of disgust and dislike. He found a word for ‘rain’—really coined one, for it did not seem to exist in Mercutian. It was a combination of ‘water’ and ‘up,’ so as to be quite clear, with a double-ruffle of emphasis to characterize it. The etymology of the word was quite clear to all concerned. They knew what rain was, now.

Joan thrust the gag into the thick gash of a mouth, choking off a torrent of imprecations in the guttural Mercutian tongue. Then she proceeded to truss him, expertly, efficiently. [Ibid. 112/1] The guard exclaimed something In guttural Mercutian, rose hastily, and closed the open door and window.

It was weird. He felt as though with a leap he could sail twenty feet or more. Aerita was drawing him toward stairs where a winding flight went down into the palace. The interior sounds were floating up—running footsteps; men’s excited, frightened voices in the strange Mercutian language.

The heat-loving hoko of Mercury
Sits and sweats in the sun with a smirk, or he
Remains in his pit
Where a fire is lit
In which he can cool his dinner* curry.
*This is the correct Mercutian accentuation.