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adj
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.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: Roman, not-comparable
Topics: human-sciences, mysticism, mythology, philosophy, sciences
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adj
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.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: Roman, alt-of, not-comparable, obsolete, rare
Topics: human-sciences, mysticism, mythology, philosophy, sciences
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adj
Alternative letter-case form of vulcanian, of or related to metalwork, blacksmithing, and metallurgy.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: alt-of, literary, not-comparable, uncommon
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adj
Alternative letter-case form of vulcanian, volcanic, of or related to volcanoes and volcanism.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: alt-of, archaic, not-comparable
Topics: geography, geology, natural-sciences
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adj
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.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: archaic, historical, not-comparable
Topics: geography, geology, natural-sciences
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adj
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.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: archaic, not-comparable
Topics: geography, geology, natural-sciences
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Of or related to the proposed planet Vulcan or a cluster of asteroids at the same location in the Solar System.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: not-comparable
Topics: astronomy, natural-sciences
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History
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.
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