volcanic

From French volcanique, from volcan (“volcano”); and/or directly from volcan(o) +‎ -ic.

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /vɒlˈkænɪk/

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• (General American) IPA^(key): /vɔlˈkænɪk/
• (cot–caught merger) IPA^(key): /vɑlˈkænɪk/
• Rhymes: -ænɪk
• Hyphenation: vol‧can‧ic

volcanic (not comparable)

1. Of or pertaining to a volcano or volcanoes

   volcanic heat

   volcanic activity

2. Produced by a volcano, or, more generally, by igneous agencies

   volcanic tufa

   volcanic ash

3. Changed or affected by the heat of a volcano.
4. (figurative) Reminiscent of a volcano; explosive, violent, full of suppressed anger, energy etc.
   • 1980 August 2, Andrea F. Loewenstein, “Random Lust”, in Gay Community News, page 15:

     Jo rose indignified, Vanessa following in her volcanic wake.

   • 2009, Diarmaid MacCulloch, A History of Christianity, Penguin, published 2010, page 556:

     With that the system was complete, and ready to have its disastrous effect on Martin Luther's volcanic temper.

• (of or related to volcanoes): volcanian, Vulcanian

• cryovolcanic

volcanic (plural volcanics)

1. A volcanic rock.

   The Ellesmere Island Volcanics are a Late Cretaceous volcanic group of volcanoes and lava flows in the Qikiqtaaluk Region of northern Ellesmere Island, Nunavut, Canada.

volcanic m or n (feminine singular volcanică, masculine plural volcanici, feminine and neuter plural volcanice)

1. Obsolete form of vulcanic.

• volcanic in Academia Română, Micul dicționar academic, ediția a II-a, Bucharest: Univers Enciclopedic, 2010. →ISBN