Vulcanian

American  

[vuhl-key-nee-uhn] / vʌlˈkeɪ ni ən /

adjective

1. of, relating to, or associated with Vulcan.

2. (lowercase) volcanic.

3. (lowercase) of or relating to metalworking.

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vulcanian British  

/ vʌlˈkeɪnɪən /

adjective

1. geology

   1. of or relating to a volcanic eruption characterized by the explosive discharge of fine ash and large irregular fragments of solidified or viscous lava

   2. a less common word for volcanic

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Etymology

Origin of Vulcanian

1590–1600; < Latin Vulcāni ( us ) of Vulcan + -an

Example Sentences

The sire, his every effort vain, at length Forth to the lofty car, Vulcanian gift, Brings the rash youth.

From The Metamorphoses of Publius Ovidus Naso in English blank verse Vols. I & II by Howard, J. J.

Meanwhile the silver-footed dame Reach'd the Vulcanian dome, eternal frame!

From The Iliad by Pope, Alexander

They reject incomparable Galen's learned Commentaries, as tedious and frivolous discourses, having found through Paracelsus's Vulcanian shop, a more short way to the Wood. . . .

From Primitive Psycho-Therapy and Quackery by Lawrence, Robert Means

How he must grin, and shake his empty noddle in clouds, the Vulcanian Epicure!

From The Works of Charles and Mary Lamb — Volume 6 Letters 1821-1842 by Lamb, Mary

Here, as it seems to to me, you have a compleat Vulcanian Shop, and perhaps all these things Spagyrically and exactly drawn from, the Mineral Kingdom; but I pray, to what end so many Medicaments?

From The Golden Calf, Which the World Adores, and Desires by Helvetius, John Frederick