draconic
adjective
of or like a dragon.
draconic
1 American
[drey-kon-ik, druh-]
/ dreɪˈkɒn ɪk, drə- /
adjective
Draconic
2
American
[drey-kon-ik, druh-]
/ dreɪˈkɒn ɪk, drə- /
adjective
draconic
British
/ dreɪˈkɒnɪk /
adjective
Other Word Forms
Etymology
Origin of draconic1
1670–80; < Latin dracōn- (stem of dracō ) dragon + -ic
Origin of Draconic2
Example Sentences
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The pangrams from yesterday’s Spelling Bee were accordion, draconian and draconic.
From New York Times ● Feb. 14, 2023
Dragon Tryst Frame: Give your picture a draconic aura with this distinctive 6.5-by-6-inch, heart-shaped picture frame, crafted with pewter color finished resin.
From Seattle Times ● Nov. 1, 2022
Striking is the contrast between this mild, cooperative act and the draconic laws regulating stock exchanges and holding companies.
From Time Magazine Archive
The fourth of these draconic forms was the great Sea-monster, stretched out along the horizon, with a double river—Eridanus—proceeding from it, just below the spring equinox.
From The Astronomy of the Bible An Elementary Commentary on the Astronomical References of Holy Scripture by E. Walter (Edward Walter) Maunder
His mission was to put down the insurrection in that district, and the means he employed were draconic.
From The Dust of Conflict by Harold Bindloss
In his Draconic drive to eliminate corruption from South Korea, austere Strong man General Park Chung Hee has cracked down hardest on the nation's smugglers.
From Time Magazine Archive
The spring planting lagged 2,000,000 acres behind last year, and meat production was down 13% in spite of Khrushchev's feverish speeches and Draconic firings early in the spring.
From Time Magazine Archive
Instead of a place in which human responsibilities are lightened and suspended, he finds a region governed by a kind of Draconic legislation.
From Italian Hours by Henry James
The theatre which in 1746 was erected in Playhouse Close in the Canongate, though only by a quibbling evasion of the statute, so Draconic were its provisions, was largely due to his energy and exertions.
From Allan Ramsay Famous Scots Series by William Henry Oliphant Smeaton
But it does not strike Sally as rising to the height of her Draconic summary.
From Somehow Good by William Frend De Morgan
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