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Grammar : Adj
Spell : vol-kan-ik
Phonetic Transcription : vɒlˈkæn ɪk



Definition of volcanic

Origin :
  • 1774, from French volcanique (see volcano). Figurative sense of "prone to explosive activity" is attested from 1854.
  • As in excitable : adj easily upset or inspired
Example sentences :
  • Also, he knew the source of the red glow that had seemed like volcanic fires.
  • Extract from : « Two Thousand Miles Below » by Charles Willard Diffin
  • The Colonel had seen his men safely to the bottom of the volcanic pit.
  • Extract from : « Two Thousand Miles Below » by Charles Willard Diffin
  • The general inclination was to follow the lead of this volcanic man.
  • Extract from : « The Night Riders » by Ridgwell Cullum
  • His volcanic temper had become even more than usually uncertain.
  • Extract from : « The Night Riders » by Ridgwell Cullum
  • And in a moment the other shot off into one of his volcanic surprises.
  • Extract from : « The Night Riders » by Ridgwell Cullum
  • Being there at such a crisis was like living in a volcanic land.
  • Extract from : « The Manxman » by Hall Caine
  • Like all the islands of the Atlantic, it is of volcanic formation.
  • Extract from : « The Last Voyage » by Lady (Annie Allnutt) Brassey
  • Thorpe, during this hour that ensued, smoked with volcanic energy.
  • Extract from : « The Market-Place » by Harold Frederic
  • But a volcanic eruption is sterile, the ruin of the fertile ground.
  • Extract from : « Under Western Eyes » by Joseph Conrad
  • I think the thing is worked by steam generated by volcanic heat.
  • Extract from : « The Pygmy Planet » by John Stewart Williamson

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