dragon
noun
a mythical monster generally represented as a huge, winged reptile with crested head and enormous claws and teeth, and often spouting fire.
dragonish
-
a word derived from
dragon.
Example Sentences
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He was dealing with sickness rather than mortal wounds, but that scorching sense of the dragonish burns into Kurzel’s “Macbeth.”
From The New Yorker ● Dec. 7, 2015
The illuminated sky of the final version is far less dragonish, with less of what Yeats called "the cold and rook-delighting heaven."
From Slate ● Feb. 2, 2011
She and I both knew the dragonish thing to do.
From "Dragonwings" by Laurence Yep
That isn't a very dragonish sentiment, is it?
From Set in Silver by A. M. (Alice Muriel) Williamson
The arms and legs of the stools here and there on the rug were carven in grotesque imitation of reptiles and animals of the ultra dragonish mode.
From The Prince of India — Volume 01 by Lewis Wallace
