non-volcanic
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| —adj | |
| 1. | of, relating to, produced by, or characterized by the presence of volcanoes: a volcanic region |
| 2. | suggestive of or resembling an erupting volcano: a volcanic era |
| 3. | another word for extrusive |
| vol'canically | |
| —adv | |
| volcanicity | |
| —n | |
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Word Origin & History
volcanic
1774, from Fr. volcanique (see volcano). Figurative sense of "prone to explosive activity" is attested from 1854.
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