Definition of "scoriac" []

• Of or pertaining to scoria. (adjective)

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• "Cf. note on line 14 of "To Helen," page 183. 14. scoriac: a very rare word, from _scoria_ (lava)."
• "The reticence, the directness, the innocence of any theatricality, the avoidance of all that is purely effective, the dignity of expression, the salt and irony, the round, full ring of every detail are good and fortifying after the scoriac inundations of Wagner's genius."
• "Certainly the heavy avalanches of scoriac passion which rend their way through the pages of the Human Comedy make even the graceful blasphemies of the Oscar Wilde group, in those fastidious enclosures, seem a babyish pretence of naughtiness."