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vulcanic

vulcanic adjective: fiery. Also the alternative spelling of volcanic.

Adjective (1)

vulcanic (comparative more vulcanic, superlative most vulcanic)

  1. Fiery.

Adjective (2) capitalized: Vulcanic

Vulcanic (not comparable)

  1. 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

Also used as

vulcanic is also the alternative spelling of volcanic.

Forms of vulcanic

comparativemore vulcanic
superlativemost vulcanic

Origin of vulcanic

From Vulcan + -ic.

Questions about vulcanic

What does vulcanic mean?
Vulcanic means fiery.
What part of speech is vulcanic?
Vulcanic is an adjective.

Words near vulcanic in the dictionary

  1. Vulcan salute
  2. Vulcan salutes
  3. Vulcana-Pandele
  4. Vulcanalia
  5. Vulcanian
  6. vulcanic
  7. vulcanicities
  8. vulcanicity
  9. vulcanisable
  10. vulcanisate
  11. vulcanisates

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