Meaning

2 senses
  1. (historical)Synonym of Vulcanian, of or related to former theories concerning the origin of crystalline minerals to subterranean fires.

  2. (obsolete)Synonym of volcanic, of or related to volcanoes and volcanism.

Origin

Directly from Latin Volcāniānus or from Latin Volcānius + -an within English, from Volcānu

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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Forms

more volcanian, most volcanian
Comparativemore volcanian Lesson
Superlativemost volcanian Lesson

regular

Synonyms

3 synonyms
volcanicVulcanianof or related to volcanoes and volcanism

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
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