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

I have no need of Vulcanian arms, of a thousand ships, to meet the Teucrians.

From The Aeneid of Virgil by Virgil

From the loins he came Of Vulcan, and his huge mouth evermore Spewed forth a torrent of Vulcanian flame; 226 Proudly he stalked the earth, and shook the world's fair frame.

From The Æneid of Virgil Translated into English Verse by E. Fairfax Taylor by Taylor, Edward Fairfax

The cuirass was brought, and suggested to the wits of the Court ingenious allusions to the Vulcanian panoply which Achilles lent to his feebler friend.

From The History of England, from the Accession of James II — Volume 3 by Macaulay, Thomas Babington Macaulay, Baron

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, while the Trojans fled, the toughness held; But, vain against the great Vulcanian shield, The mortal-temper'd steel deceiv'd his hand: The shiver'd fragments shone amid the sand.

From The Aeneid English by Virgil