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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

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

From The Aeneid of Virgil 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

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

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 Best Letters of Charles Lamb by Lamb, Charles