vulcanicadj.

Brit.

/vʌlˈkanɪk/, U.S.

/vəlˈkænɪk/

Forms: 1600s vulcanick, 1700s– vulcanic.

Origin: A borrowing from Latin. Etymons: Latin Vulcanicus, French vulcanique, Portuguese vulcânico.

Etymology: < post-classical Latin Vulcanicus of or relating to Vulcan (1506 or earlier) < classical Latin Vulcānus Vulcan n. + -icus -ic suffix. In sense 2 apparently after either vulcano, variant of volcano n., or Italian vulcanico (1754). Compare French vulcanique (1571 in Middle French in sense ‘of or relating to Vulcan’, 1814 in sense ‘made by the action of fire’, 1890 designating volcanic eruptions of the type shown by the island of Vulcano), German vulkanisch (1761 or earlier designating the Aeolian Islands, 1733 or earlier in sense 2), Portuguese vulcânico (1789). Compare volcanic adj.

a. Usually with capital initial. Of or belonging to the Roman god Vulcan; characteristic of or resembling Vulcan; spec. of or relating to forging or metalworking.

ΘΚΠ

the world > the supernatural > deity > classical deity > [adjective] > of or relating to Vulcan

Vulcanian1602

Hephaestian1658

vulcanic1660

1660 J. Harding tr. Paracelsus Archidoxis ii. 40 First of all by the Vulcanick Art is Fire smitten out of the Flint.

1789 F. Burney Court Jrnls. & Lett. (2016) V. 375 The Anchor business..seemed performed by Vulcanic Daemons, so black they looked, so savage was their howl in striking the red hot iron.

1866 R. S. Hawker in C. E. Byles Life & Lett. R. S. Hawker (1905) xxiii. 547 The great majority of Vassals of his own which exists in this Vulcanic [i.e. manufacturing] nation.

1890 F. Tennyson Isles of Greece 172 He could brandish fate In his vulcanic arms, and weld the world According to his will.

1920 O. Elton Surv. Eng. Lit. IV. xxv. 337 The sentences..are hammered, with Vulcanic efforts, into better shape.

1971 Life 28 May 14/4 What you see is old documentary footage about Steel and Blast Furnaces and Open Hearths..and all the Tough Stuff we Americans have bent to our imperious and Vulcanic wills.

2010 J. Arac Impure Worlds vi. 89 Phil Squod's Vulcanic deformity results from a warping occupational environment.

†b. Of or relating to fire; fiery. Obsolete.

ΘΚΠ

the world > matter > properties of materials > temperature > heat > burning > fire or flame > [adjective]

firenOE

fieryc1300

Phlegethontic1600

empyreal1601

ignic1612

ignean1635

Phlegethontala1649

igneous1664

igneal1669

vulcanic1687

brimstony1924

1687 R. Franck Philos. Treat. Original & Production Things 101 The internal impurities; which an intence Fire naturally purgeth forth, by reason of its ardent activity (and not improper to say its vulcanick nature).

1866 J. R. Lowell Carlyle in Prose Wks. (1890) II. 83 Even the burning of a meeting-house, in itself a vulcanic rarity, could not..tickle his outworn palate.

1867 J. B. Rose tr. Virgil Æneis 224 Vulcan begot him—in vulcanic lair He breathed forth flame.

2. Characterized by the presence of volcanoes; produced by or originating in volcanoes; of the nature of or characteristic of a volcano; = volcanic adj. I.

ΘΚΠ

the world > the earth > land > landscape > high land > volcano > [adjective]

Vulcanian1642

volcanian1665

vulcanic1774

volcanic1776

1774 Philos. Trans. (Royal Soc.) 65 24 The vulcanic districts of Auvergne and Velay..afford proofs enough of the truth of this opinion.

1774 Philos. Trans. (Royal Soc.) 65 28 Analogy..leads us to conclude the same of other vulcanic mountains.

1803 Monthly Rev. Nov. 286 The Geological world has been long divided between the Vulcanic and Neptunian systems.

1888 C. M. Doughty Trav. Arabia Deserta I. 21 The Belka chalk is changed by the vulcanic heat.

1925 Geografiska Annaler 7 208 It seems very probable that the Gingko layers on Kung Karls Land and South-west Spitzbergen, partly embedded in a vulcanic material, are contemporaneous.

2006 Res. Microbiol. 157 1/1 Astrobiologists also search for geological hints of extraterrestrial life by scrutinizing ancient rocks found on Earth (e.g. vulcanic rocks and meteorites).

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2013; most recently modified version published online December 2021).

单词	vulcanic
释义	vulcanicadj. Brit. /vʌlˈkanɪk/, U.S. /vəlˈkænɪk/ Forms: 1600s vulcanick, 1700s– vulcanic. Origin: A borrowing from Latin. Etymons: Latin Vulcanicus, French vulcanique, Portuguese vulcânico. Etymology: < post-classical Latin Vulcanicus of or relating to Vulcan (1506 or earlier) < classical Latin Vulcānus Vulcan n. + -icus -ic suffix. In sense 2 apparently after either vulcano, variant of volcano n., or Italian vulcanico (1754). Compare French vulcanique (1571 in Middle French in sense ‘of or relating to Vulcan’, 1814 in sense ‘made by the action of fire’, 1890 designating volcanic eruptions of the type shown by the island of Vulcano), German vulkanisch (1761 or earlier designating the Aeolian Islands, 1733 or earlier in sense 2), Portuguese vulcânico (1789). Compare volcanic adj. 1. a. Usually with capital initial. Of or belonging to the Roman god Vulcan; characteristic of or resembling Vulcan; spec. of or relating to forging or metalworking. ΘΚΠ the world > the supernatural > deity > classical deity > [adjective] > of or relating to Vulcan Vulcanian1602 Hephaestian1658 vulcanic1660 1660 J. Harding tr. Paracelsus Archidoxis ii. 40 First of all by the Vulcanick Art is Fire smitten out of the Flint. 1789 F. Burney Court Jrnls. & Lett. (2016) V. 375 The Anchor business..seemed performed by Vulcanic Daemons, so black they looked, so savage was their howl in striking the red hot iron. 1866 R. S. Hawker in C. E. Byles Life & Lett. R. S. Hawker (1905) xxiii. 547 The great majority of Vassals of his own which exists in this Vulcanic [i.e. manufacturing] nation. 1890 F. Tennyson Isles of Greece 172 He could brandish fate In his vulcanic arms, and weld the world According to his will. 1920 O. Elton Surv. Eng. Lit. IV. xxv. 337 The sentences..are hammered, with Vulcanic efforts, into better shape. 1971 Life 28 May 14/4 What you see is old documentary footage about Steel and Blast Furnaces and Open Hearths..and all the Tough Stuff we Americans have bent to our imperious and Vulcanic wills. 2010 J. Arac Impure Worlds vi. 89 Phil Squod's Vulcanic deformity results from a warping occupational environment. †b. Of or relating to fire; fiery. Obsolete. ΘΚΠ the world > matter > properties of materials > temperature > heat > burning > fire or flame > [adjective] firenOE fieryc1300 Phlegethontic1600 empyreal1601 ignic1612 ignean1635 Phlegethontala1649 igneous1664 igneal1669 vulcanic1687 brimstony1924 1687 R. Franck Philos. Treat. Original & Production Things 101 The internal impurities; which an intence Fire naturally purgeth forth, by reason of its ardent activity (and not improper to say its vulcanick nature). 1866 J. R. Lowell Carlyle in Prose Wks. (1890) II. 83 Even the burning of a meeting-house, in itself a vulcanic rarity, could not..tickle his outworn palate. 1867 J. B. Rose tr. Virgil Æneis 224 Vulcan begot him—in vulcanic lair He breathed forth flame. 2. Characterized by the presence of volcanoes; produced by or originating in volcanoes; of the nature of or characteristic of a volcano; = volcanic adj. I. ΘΚΠ the world > the earth > land > landscape > high land > volcano > [adjective] Vulcanian1642 volcanian1665 vulcanic1774 volcanic1776 1774 Philos. Trans. (Royal Soc.) 65 24 The vulcanic districts of Auvergne and Velay..afford proofs enough of the truth of this opinion. 1774 Philos. Trans. (Royal Soc.) 65 28 Analogy..leads us to conclude the same of other vulcanic mountains. 1803 Monthly Rev. Nov. 286 The Geological world has been long divided between the Vulcanic and Neptunian systems. 1888 C. M. Doughty Trav. Arabia Deserta I. 21 The Belka chalk is changed by the vulcanic heat. 1925 Geografiska Annaler 7 208 It seems very probable that the Gingko layers on Kung Karls Land and South-west Spitzbergen, partly embedded in a vulcanic material, are contemporaneous. 2006 Res. Microbiol. 157 1/1 Astrobiologists also search for geological hints of extraterrestrial life by scrutinizing ancient rocks found on Earth (e.g. vulcanic rocks and meteorites). This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2013; most recently modified version published online December 2021). < adj.1660
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