firedrake

[fahyuhr-dreyk]

noun

1. a mythical fiery dragon.

firedrake

/ ˈfaɪəˌdreɪk, ˈfaɪəˌdræɡən /

noun

1. myth a fire-breathing dragon

Word History and Origins

Origin of firedrake¹

before 900; Middle English fyrdrake, Old English fȳrdraca. See fire, drake ²

Example Sentences

The Mother of Dragons is down to only one firedrake, after a barrage of oversized crossbow bolts from an enemy ship killed her dragon Rhaegal.

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From the firedrakes of Mercury to the ice crawlers of Pluto, he'd bagged them all.

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Just as the prehistoric monsters lingered as dragons and firedrakes, so the small early inhabitants of Europe have passed into dwarfs and brownies and pixies.

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A firedrake, angered at the loss of a part of a treasure, which he had for three hundred years been guarding in a cavern, laid waste the land in the hero's kingdom.

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Then follows the fight with the firedrake, in which Beowulf, wrapped in fire and smoke, is helped by the heroism of Wiglaf, one of his companions.

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