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draconite

draconite noun: a mythical gemstone taken from the head of a live dragon and believed to have magical properties.

Noun

draconite (plural draconites)

  1. A mythical gemstone taken from the head of a live dragon and believed to have magical properties.
    • Dracontites is a stone that is forcibly taken from the brain of a dragon, and unless it is torn from the living creature it has not the quality of a gem; whence magi cut it out of dragons while they are sleeping. For bold men explore the cave of the dragons, and scatter there medicated grains to...c. 600–625, Isidore of Seville, Etymologies
    • Reject it not because it proceedeth from one which hath been lewd, no more than ye would neglect the gold because it lieth in the dirty earth, or the pure wine for that it cometh out of a homely presse, or the precious stone aetites which is found in the filthy nests of the eagle, or the precious...1578, John Lyly, Euphues

Forms of draconite

pluraldraconites

Origin of draconite

Latin dracon- (“dragon”), + -ite.

Questions about draconite

What does draconite mean?
Draconite means a mythical gemstone taken from the head of a live dragon and believed to have magical properties.
What part of speech is draconite?
Draconite is a noun.
What is the plural of draconite?
The plural of draconite is draconites.

Words near draconite in the dictionary

  1. draconin
  2. draconine
  3. draconism
  4. Draconist
  5. Draconists
  6. draconite
  7. draconites
  8. draconitic
  9. draconitic month
  10. draconitic months
  11. draconologist

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