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dragon
[ drag-uhn ]
noun
- a mythical monster generally represented as a huge, winged reptile with crested head and enormous claws and teeth, and often spouting fire.
- Archaic. a huge serpent or snake.
- Bible. a large animal, possibly a large snake or crocodile.
- the dragon, Satan.
- a fierce, violent person.
- a very watchful and strict woman; duenna.
- Botany. any of several araceous plants, as Arisaema dracontium green dragon, or dragonroot, the flowers of which have a long, slender spadix and a green, shorter spathe.
- a short musket carried by a mounted infantryman in the 16th and 17th centuries.
- a soldier armed with such a musket. dragoon ( defs 1, 2, 3 ).
- Dragon, Astronomy. the constellation Draco.
dragon
/ ˈdræɡən /
noun
- a mythical monster usually represented as breathing fire and having a scaly reptilian body, wings, claws, and a long tail
- informal.a fierce or intractable person, esp a woman
- any of various very large lizards, esp the Komodo dragon
- any of various North American aroid plants, esp the green dragon
- Christianity a manifestation of Satan or an attendant devil
- a yacht of the International Dragon Class, 8.88m long (29.2 feet), used in racing
- chase the dragon slang.to smoke opium or heroin
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Derived Forms
- ˈdragonish, adjective
- ˈdragoness, noun:feminine
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Other Words From
- drag·on·ish adjective
- drag·on·like adjective
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Word History and Origins
Origin of dragon1
First recorded in 1175–1225; Middle English, from Old French, from Latin dracōn- (stem of dracō ), from Greek drákōn the name of a kind of serpent, probably originally an epithet, “the (sharp-)sighted one,” akin to dérkesthai “to look”
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Word History and Origins
Origin of dragon1
C13: from Old French, from Latin dracō, from Greek drakōn; related to drakos eye
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Idioms and Phrases
Idioms
- chase the dragon, Slang. to inhale the vapor of heated heroin or another opiate drug.
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