Vulcanian
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: ipa: /vəlˈkeɪniən/
ipa: /vʌlˈkeɪnɪən/
Forms: form: Vulcanean
Etymology: Directly from Latin Vulcāniānus or from Latin Vulcānius + -an within English, from Vulcānus + -iānus (“-ian”) or -ius (“-y: forming adjectives”). In reference to a type or stage of volcanic activity, via Italian Vulcaniano, with specific reference to Giuseppe Mercalli's observations of the 1888–90 eruptions of the Aeolian island Vulcano. Equivalent to Vulcan + -ian. Doublet of volcanian. Compare slightly earlier Middle French vulcanien.
Senses: examples: text: ...Nor cou'd Vulcanian Flame
The Stench abolish; or the Savour tame...
ref: 1697, John Dryden translating Vergil as Georgics, Book III, in The Works of Virgil, p. 121
topics: human-sciences
mysticism
mythology
philosophy
sciences
glosses: Of, related to, or created by Vulcan, the Roman god of fire and metalwork, considered equivalent to the Greek Hephaestus and several German and Celtic gods.
examples: text: Yet Muto, like a good Vulcanian,
An honest Cuckold, calls the bastard sonne,
And brags of that which others for him done.
ref: 1598, John Marston, “Certaine Satyres”, in The Metamorphosis of Pigmalions Image..., page 41:
topics: human-sciences
mysticism
mythology
philosophy
sciences
glosses: Of, related to, or created by Vulcan, the Roman god of fire and metalwork, considered equivalent to the Greek Hephaestus and several German and Celtic gods.
Alternative letter-case form of vulcanian, a cuckold.
examples: text: A sabre, when the warrior press'd to part,
ref: 1726, Alexander Pope & al., The Odyssey of Homer..., Book XIX
roman: I gave enamel'd with Vulcanian art...
glosses: Alternative letter-case form of vulcanian, of or related to metalwork, blacksmithing, and metallurgy.
examples: text: Solinus reports it of the Vulcanian Hill in Sicily, that they which offered Sacrifice upon it, never put fire to it, but expected it should be kindled from Heaven.
ref: 1642, Ralph Cudworth, A Discourse Concerning the True Notion of the Lords Supper, page 66:
topics: geography
geology
natural-sciences
glosses: Alternative letter-case form of vulcanian, volcanic, of or related to volcanoes and volcanism.
examples: text: In his six lectures on Volcanos, [Faujas] exhausted the subject, and showed us the difference of the several systems, the Vulcanian, the Neptunian, and the Huttonian, which is the Plutonian, and his own opinion.
ref: 1803, Stephen Weston, Praise of Paris, page 58:
text: The Vulcanian or Plutonian theory, which ascribes the changes on earth's surface to the agency of fire.
ref: 1870, Ebenezer Cobham Brewer, Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, page 939:
topics: geography
geology
natural-sciences
glosses: Alternative letter-case form of vulcanian, volcanic, of or related to volcanoes and volcanism.
Of or related to former theories attributing the origin of basalt and other crystalline minerals to subterranean fires.
examples: text: Just as we have the ‘Plinian’ or ‘Vesuvian’ eruptions of Vesuvius accompanied by violent outbursts of ‘ashes’ and welling out of lava, and the incessant, milder ‘Strombolian’ type of eruption, so we may distinguish a ‘Vulcanian’ type.
ref: 1892 June 2, Nature, page 118:
topics: geography
geology
natural-sciences
glosses: Alternative letter-case form of vulcanian, volcanic, of or related to volcanoes and volcanism.
Of or related to volcanic eruptions or phases of a volcanic eruption when repeated explosions produce a thick ash cloud.
topics: astronomy
natural-sciences
glosses: Of or related to the proposed planet Vulcan or a cluster of asteroids at the same location in the Solar System.
Synonyms: sense: related to former geological theories
word: Plutonian
sense: related to former geological theories
word: volcanian
Coordinate terms: sense: related to former geological theories
word: Huttonian
sense: related to former geological theories
word: Neptunian
sense: related to former geological theories
word: Plutonian
sense: stage of volcanic eruption
word: Peléan
sense: stage of volcanic eruption
word: Plinian
sense: stage of volcanic eruption
word: Strombolian
sense: stage of volcanic eruption
word: Vesuvian
Derived terms: Vulcanian Islands