Vulcanian

[ vuhl-key-nee-uhn ]

adjective

1. of, relating to, or associated with Vulcan.
2. (lowercase) volcanic.
3. (lowercase) of or relating to metalworking.

vulcanian

/ 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

Word History and Origins

Origin of Vulcanian¹

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

Word History and Origins

Origin of Vulcanian¹

C17: after Vulcan

Example Sentences

Between the merely ornamental Sculptures upon Homer's Vulcanian Shield, and the Roman History, and the Triumphs of Augustus upon Virgil's?

From Project Gutenberg

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.

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If we assume that the rate of contraction will steadily diminish—which is equivalent, be it noticed, to the assumption that the earth's vulcanian or subterranean energies will be diminished—the duration of the process will be greater.

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The two prophetical episodes—the Muster of the pre-existing ghosts before the eyes of the great human ancestor, Anchises, in his Elysium—and those anticipatory narrative Embossings of the Vulcanian shield, become in this view integral and principal portions of the poem.

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Sacrifices to the gods, games, funeral rites, come in the course of the relation; and because the scene of the poem is distracted with warfare, the great poet has found, in the Vulcanian sculptures on the shield of Achilles, place for images of peace—the labours of the husbandman; the mirthful gathering in of the vintage with dance and song; the hymeneal pomp led along the streets.

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