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dragonfire

dragonfire noun: fire produced by a dragon.

Noun

dragonfire (uncountable)

  1. Fire produced by a dragon.
    • “Spurs!” Imbri sent in a dream like a blast of dragonfire. “Hotter than the breath of Baal, your thought! But I don’t use the spurs, once my steed is tame,” he argued.1982, Piers Anthony, Night Mare, New York, N.Y.: Del Rey Books, page 100
    • With a roar of dragonfire something enormous blazed by overhead, as if the Moon itself were dropping onto us.1982, Mike Scott Rohan, Run to the Stars, Arrow Books, →ISBN, page 14

Origin of dragonfire

From dragon + fire.

Questions about dragonfire

What does dragonfire mean?
Dragonfire means fire produced by a dragon.
What part of speech is dragonfire?
Dragonfire is a noun.

Words near dragonfire in the dictionary

  1. dragonets
  2. dragonette
  3. dragonettes
  4. dragonewt
  5. dragonewts
  6. dragonfire
  7. dragonfish
  8. dragonfishes
  9. dragonflame
  10. dragonflies
  11. dragonfly

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