volcanian (volk an i an)

[ A deep volcanian yellow took the place Of all her milder-mooned body's grace. Keats , Lamia, i. volcanically (vol-kan'i-kal-i), adv. In the manner of a volcano; eruptively; figuratively, in a fiery or explosive manner. The accumulation of offences is... too literally exploded, blasted asunder volcanically . Carlyle , Heroes, iv. volcanicity (vol-ka-nis'i-ti), n. [ volcanic + -ity.] Same as volcanism : rarely used. It is an imitation of the French term volcanic ité formerly in use, but later French writers prefer volca nis me . The term volcanic action (volcanism or volcanicity ) embraces all the phenomena connected with the expulsion of heated materials from the interior of the earth to the surface. Geikie, Text-Book of Geol. (2d ed.), p. 178. 6783