Associations to the word «Vesuvius»

Wiktionary

VESUVIUS, proper noun. A volcanic mountain in Italy

Dictionary definition

VESUVIUS, noun. A volcano in southwestern Italy on the Mediterranean coast; a Plinian eruption in 79 AD buried Pompeii and killed Pliny the Elder; last erupted in 1944.

Wise words

Don't use words too big for the subject. Don't say "infinitely" when you mean "very"; otherwise you'll have no word left when you want to talk about something really infinite.
C. S. Lewis