Mulciberian
English
Etymology
Latin Mulciber (“an epithet of Vulcan, the Roman god of blacksmithing”) + -ian
Adjective
Mulciberian (comparative more Mulciberian, superlative most Mulciberian)
- (archaic) Pertaining to metalworking.
- Synonym: Vulcanian
- 1832 November 10, Edgar Allan Poe, “A Decided Loss”, in Saturday Courier, volume II, number 35, Philadelphia:
- and, like the Mulciberian bellows, roared loudly the huge sea-coal fire
- 1837, John Holland, The Tour of the Don, page 282:
- Yon black clouds are the fume / Of that great crucible, in which, with torturing fire, / The Mulciberian artist, practice-taught, / Transmutes, with skill ne'er known to th' alchemist, / Each sordid metal into price of gold.
- 1847, William Makepeace Thackeray, The Curates' Walk:
- What powerful Mulciberian fellows they must be, those Goldbeaters, whacking and thumping with huge mallets at the precious metals all day.
Further reading
- Joseph T. Shipley (1955), “Mulciberian”, in Dictionary of Early English, →ISBN, page 442
- James A. H. Murray [et al.], editors (1884–1928), “Mulciberian”, in A New English Dictionary on Historical Principles (Oxford English Dictionary), volume VI, Part 2 (M–N), London: Clarendon Press, OCLC 15566697, page 748, column 2.