volcanic

[vol-kan-ik]

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adjective

of or pertaining to a volcano: a volcanic eruption.

discharged from or produced by volcanoes: volcanic mud.

characterized by the presence of volcanoes: a volcanic area.

suggestive of or resembling a volcano; potentially explosive; volatile: a volcanic temper.

Origin:
1765–75; volcan(o) + -ic; compare French volcanique

Related forms

vol·can·i·cal·ly, adverb

vol·can·ic·i·ty

[vol-kuh-nis-i-tee] , noun

non·vol·can·ic, adjective

sem·i·vol·can·ic, adjective

sem·i·vol·can·i·cal·ly, adverb

EXPAND

un·vol·can·ic, adjective

un·vol·can·i·cal·ly, adverb

COLLAPSE

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volcanic (vɒlˈkænɪk)

—*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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