Definitions
American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
- adj. Of or suggestive of a dragon.
- adj. Draconian.
Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
- Of or pertaining to Draco, archon of Athens in or about 621 b. c., and one of the founders of the enlightened Attic polity; or resembling in severity the code of laws said to have been established by him, in which he prescribed the penalty of death for nearly all crimes -for smaller crimes because they merited it, and for greater because he knew of no penalty more severe.
- Hence Rigorous: applied to any extremely severe, harsh, or oppressive laws.
- Relating to the constellation Draco.
Wiktionary
- adj. Related to or suggestive of dragons.
GNU Webster's 1913
- adj. Relating to Draco, the Athenian lawgiver; or to the constellation Draco; or to dragon's blood.
Etymologies
- from Latin draco, dragon (Wiktionary)
- From Latin dracō, dracōn-, dragon; see dragon. (American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition)
Examples
“It criticised the "draconic" increases of excise duties, especially on wine, beer and tobacco, adding the increases would lead to a rise in smuggling and black market activities.”
“In a separate statement the Conservative Party also supported any farmer action resisting the "draconic" Bill.”
“Perhaps the silver lining of the Ubisoft DRM fiasco will be gamers gaining a sense of perspective when it comes to less "draconic" DRM (I've never heard that term used for anything but DRM.”
“Within it, flashes of light illumined two draconic figures locked in a death match.”
“Book imp (buffs arcana and history, also give resist fire), Dragonling (encounter: would allow him to use a blast attack via the dragonling, would buff surges, and allow him to speak draconic),”
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“I can't help it," Snuffles the Dragon said with a fierce gaze in his draconic eyes.”
“Here's an image of our latest draconic acquisition.”
“Tyrande Whisperwind, too, was aware of this particular draconic ability, even more so than Broll, who did not know of her ties to the red dragon Korialstrasz.”
“I'm 95% sure that the reason the books are restricted is because of Australia's draconic distribution laws.”
“*Pullz out softee blankee wiff tunas swimmin onit an rappz up draconic kitteh *”
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Lists
These user-created lists contain the word ‘draconic’.
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G[r]eek
A collection of words found in English that are either purely Greek or have Greek etymology.
Please add with caution and certainty. Will be regularly updated by me.etymology, philosophy, laconic, disharmony, patriarchic, archaic, phlogiston, aether, aeon, angel, arachnid, rhythm and 346 more...
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Dungeons and Dragons
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For more general lists about role-playing games, see brandelion's RPG and lampbane's Tales of the Dread Gazebo.dungeons and dragons, d&d, elf, orc, halfling, drow, giant, troll, kobold, rpg, d20, human and 100 more...
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Conlangs and Fantasy Languages
Names of constructed languages (excluding Tolkien's, which get a list of their own) and languages presented only in works of fiction. I'm going to be flexible about what gets listed and include bot...
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Realia from Everywhere
Culturally defined terms and expressions from the four corners of the world
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Random Words
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Illuminated Manuscript
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bosporian's Words
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dienekes's Words
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originally started as an attempt to collect words I found visually and auditorially beautiful, as well as psychically evocative, this has become nothing more than a grab bag of word curiosities, a ...
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thricedotted's Words
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zetadiction
words that embody life
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Hana's Vocab
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