English Explanatory Dictionary

Plinian

English dictionary entry

Meanings

adj
  1. Of or pertaining to Pliny the Younger or Pliny the Elder.
adj
  1. Descriptive of a style of volcanic eruption similar in character and in intensity to that of the AD 79 eruption of Vesuvius witnessed by Pliny the Younger.

Word forms

Plinian

Etymology

From Pliny + -an.

Derived words

interplinian Plinian eruption ultraplinian subplinian
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