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dracontine

dracontine adjective: of, related to, or depicting a dragon.

Adjective

dracontine (not comparable)

  1. of, related to, or depicting a dragon.
    • There with malignant patience
      He sate in fell despite,
      Till this dracontine cockatrice
      Should break its way to light.1830 July, Robert Southey, “The Young Dragon. Part I.”, in The Poetical Works of Robert Southey. […], volume VI, London: […] [Andrew Spottiswoode] for Longman, Orme, Brown, Green, & Longmans, […]...
    Synonyms:
    draconine

Synonyms of dracontine

Origin of dracontine

From Ancient Greek δρᾰ́κοντ- (drắkont-, “dragon”) + -ine.

Questions about dracontine

What does dracontine mean?
Dracontine means of, related to, or depicting a dragon.
What part of speech is dracontine?
Dracontine is an adjective.

Words near dracontine in the dictionary

  1. draconologist
  2. draconologists
  3. draconology
  4. dracontiasis
  5. dracontic
  6. dracontine
  7. dracontium
  8. dracontology
  9. dracos
  10. Dracos in Leather Pants
  11. dracoside

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