Draconicadj.
/drəˈkɒnɪk/ 1. Of, pertaining to, or characteristic of Draco, archon at Athens in 621 b.c., or the severe code of laws said to have been established by him; rigorous, harsh, severe, cruel.
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the world > action or operation > behaviour > bad behaviour > harshness or severity > [adjective]
heavyc825
retheeOE
stithc897
hardeOE
starkOE
sternOE
dangerous?c1225
sharp?c1225
unsoftc1275
sturdy1297
asperc1374
austerec1384
shrewda1387
snella1400
sternful?a1400
dour?a1425
thrallc1430
piquant1521
tetrical1528
tetric1533
sorea1535
rugged?1548
severe1548
iron1574
harsh1579
strict1600
angry1650
Catonian1676
Draconic1708
tetricous1727
alkaline1789
acerbic1853
stiff1856
acerbate1869
acerbitous1870
Draconian1876
Catonic1883
1708 P. A. Motteux Wks. F. Rabelais (1737) v. xi. 43 Any Law so rigorous and Draconic.
1872 J. Yeats Growth Commerce 35 Their criminal code, which was Draconic in severity.
2. Pertaining to, or of the nature of, a dragon.
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the world > the supernatural > supernatural being > mythical creature or object > [adjective] > relating to dragon
dragonish1530
Draconic1680
Draconical1680
dracontine1806
dracontian1816
Draconian1876
1680 H. More Apocalypsis Apocalypseos 118 ‘The great Dragon was cast out’..This..signified the destruction of the Empire as Draconick and Idolatrous.
1791 N. Tucker tr. E. Swedenborg Apocalypse Revealed II. xiv. §655 To whom the draconic spirit addressed the same words.
1820 W. Scott Abbot I. xv. 323 ‘Marry come up—are you there with your bears?’ muttered the dragon, with a draconic sullenness.
3. Astronomy. = dracontic adj.Sometimes erroneously explained as ‘Relating to the constellation Draco’.
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1867 G. F. Chambers Descr. Astron. ii. i. 166 This is termed a ‘nodical revolution of the Moon’, note. Sometimes the Draconic Period.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1897; most recently modified version published online September 2021).
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