volcanian

Meanings

adjectivevolcanian (comparative more volcanian, superlative most volcanian)

comparative more volcanian · superlative most volcanian · alternative Volcanian · alternative volcanean

obsoletegeographySynonym of volcanic, of or related to volcanoes and volcanism.
The colours all inflam'd throughout her train, / She writh'd about, convuls'd with scarlet pain: / A deep volcanian yellow took the place / Of all her milder-mooned body's grace; [...]
1819, John Keats, “Lamia”, in Lamia, Isabella, the Eve of St. Agnes, and Other Poems, London: […] [Thomas Davison] for Taylor and Hessey, […], published 1820, →OCLC, part I, page 12
Synonyms: volcanic, of or related to volcanoes and volcanism
historicalgeographySynonym of Vulcanian, of or related to former theories concerning the origin of crystalline minerals to subterranean fires.
Synonyms: Vulcanian, of or related to former theories concerning the origin of crystalline minerals to subterranean fires

adjectiveSynonym of volcanic, of or related to volcanoes and volcanism.

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volcanicof or related to volcanoes and volcanism

adjectiveSynonym of Vulcanian, of or related to former theories concerning the origin of crystalline minerals to subterranean fires.

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Vulcanianof or related to former theories concerning the origin of crystalline minerals to subterranean fires

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Directly from Latin Volcāniānus or from Latin Volcānius + -an within English, from Volcānus + -iānus (“-ian”) or -ius (“-y: forming adjectives”). Doublet of Vulcanian.

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