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Vulcanic en · ADJ

Etymology

From Vulcan + -ic.

Meanings

  1. (not-comparable) Of, pertaining to, or resembling the Roman god Vulcan.
    • His still, Vulcanic face hiding its burning brightness like a forge, he moved with ostentatious deference towards the scuttle. 1856, Herman Melville, “The Bell-Tower”, in The Piazza Tales: