Draconic
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Pronunciation /dɹəˈkɒnɪk/ · Part of speech adjective
Quick meaning: Draconic is an adjective meaning Relating to or suggestive of dragons.
Meaning
Relating to or suggestive of dragons.
More Meanings
- (rare, dated) Very severe or strict; draconian.
Example Sentences
There are amongst the constellations four great draconic or serpent-like forms.
[…] they no land / Doom'd to bewail the blasphemy of laws / Making kings' rights divine, by some Draconic clause.
In the first months after the October Revolution Lenin was already demanding "the most decisive, draconic measures to tighten up discipline."
The sexual instinct can hardly be changed by prescriptions; I doubt whether all laws against homosexual intercourse, even the most draconic, have ever been able to extinguish the peculiar desire of anybody born with homosexual tendencies.
Synonyms for draconic
Depending on context, synonyms include draconian, draconical, draconine, dragonesque, dragonish, dragonlike.
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include draconitic, draconine, draconian, dracontic, draconical, dracontine.
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