Meanings
comparative more Mulciberian · superlative most Mulciberian
- archaicPertaining to metalworking.
and, like the Mulciberian bellows, roared loudly the huge sea-coal fire
1832 November 10, Edgar Allan Poe, “A Decided Loss”, in Saturday Courier, volume II, number 35, Philadelphia2 more examples
Yon black clouds are the fume / Of that great crucible, in which, with torturing fire, / The Mulciberian artist, practice-taught, / Transmutes, with skill ne'er known to th' alchemist, / Each sordid metal into price of gold.
1837, John Holland, The Tour of the Don, page 282What powerful Mulciberian fellows they must be, those Goldbeaters, whacking and thumping with huge mallets at the precious metals all day.
1847, William Makepeace Thackeray, The Curates' WalkSynonyms: Vulcanian
Synonyms & antonyms
adjectivePertaining to metalworking.
Origin
From Latin Mulciber (“an epithet of Vulcan, the Roman god of blacksmithing”) + -ian.
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