Advertisement
Vulcan (n.)
god of fire and metal-work in Roman mythology, 1510s, from Latin Vulcanus, Volcanus, according to Klein a word of Etruscan origin. Often with allusions to his lameness and the unfaithfulness of his wife, Venus. As the name of a hypothetical planet between Mercury and the Sun, it is attested from 1860 in English (see intramercurial). The Roman feast of Vulcanalia was on Aug. 23.
Advertisement
Advertisement
Definitions of Vulcan
Dictionary entries near Vulcan
voyeuristic
vroom
vs
vue
vug
Vulcan
vulcanize
vulgar
vulgarian
vulgarisateur
vulgarity