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  Vulcanian

  adjective

  of, relating to, or associated with Vulcan.
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  vulcanian

  adjective

  geology

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

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Vulcanian

Sir basalt was a younger son Of that oldest race, the Vulcanian, And he lived for ages oppressed and unknown In a cavern deep subterranean.

From Gaudeamus! Humorous Poems by Scheffel, Joseph Victor von

This new Achilles, let him take the field, With fated armor, and Vulcanian shield!

From The Aeneid English by Virgil

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

All, fir'd with gen'rous indignation, strive, And with a storm of darts to distance drive The Trojan chief, who, held at bay from far, On his Vulcanian orb sustain'd the war.

From The Aeneid English by Virgil

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