eruptive
nounEtymology From French éruptif. By surface analysis, erupt + -ive.
1
An eruptive rock, one produced by eruption.
eruptive
adj/ɪˈɹʌptɪv/
Etymology From French éruptif. By surface analysis, erupt + -ive.
1
That erupts or bursts forth.
- ’Tis liſtening fear, and dumb amazement all: / When to the ſtartled eye the ſudden glance / Appears far ſouth, eruptive thro’ the cloud; […]a. 1749 (date written), James Thomson, “Summer”, in The Seasons, London: […] A[ndrew] Millar, and sold by Thomas Cadell, […], published 1768, →OCLC, page 88, lines 1128–1130:
2
Accompanied by eruptions.
- an eruptive fever
- eruptive rocks, such as the igneous or volcanic
- The region is further diversified by short ranges of eruptive mountains.1895, J[ohn] W[esley] Powell, “The Valley of the Colorado”, in Canyons of the Colorado, Meadville, PA: Flood & Vincent; republished as The Exploration of the Colorado River and Its Canyons, New York: Dover, 1961, →ISBN, →OCLC, page 35:
- Derived terms
- aneruptive, eruptively, eruptiveness, eruptive prominence, eruptive star, eruptive variable, eruptive xanthoma, eruptivity, intereruptive, noneruptive, posteruptive, preeruptive, syneruptive, uneruptive