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dragonic

dragonic adjective: of or resembling a dragon in nature.

Adjective

dragonic (not comparable)

  1. (rare) Of or resembling a dragon in nature.
    • From the above it is evident that umbellic acid is identical both with the dragonic acid, according to the formula which Gerhardt assigned to it, and with the anisic acid discovered by Cahours.1846, Rosewell Messinger, Chemical Gazette, P. F Collier and Son Company, page 422
    • The second appears in the 11th verse, and is described as having two horns like a lamb, and speaking as a dragon. The first arose up out of the sea, denoting its political or civil character. The second came up out of the earth, denoting his ecclesiastical character. These powers were united in...1886, Henry Lyman Kellogg, Jonathan Blanchard, The Christian Cynosure, National Christian Association, page 11

Examples of dragonic in a sentence

  • The story affixed to “The Medusa’s Head” seems to refer to another lost picture, in which a dragonic beast was compounded of horrible shapes.1887, John Charles Dent, Arcturus: A Canadian Journal of Literature and Life, John Charles Dent, page 2:
  • The passage with its history is remarked to be a downward one under a Dragonic star towards a bottomless pit.1889, Robert Shaw, Creator and Cosmos, Becktold & Company, page 76:
  • But if our beast, as to his trunk and tailm is of the earth, earthy, reptilian, aligatorian, he becomes, as to his head, a head of the mists and storm-clouds, dragonic, monstrous, allegorical.1913, Royal Asiatic Society, The Journal of The Royal Asiatic Society of Great Britain And Ireland 1913, P. F Collier and Son Company, page...

Origin of dragonic

From dragon + -ic

Questions about dragonic

What does dragonic mean?
Dragonic means of or resembling a dragon in nature.
How do you use dragonic in a sentence?
The story affixed to “The Medusa’s Head” seems to refer to another lost picture, in which a dragonic beast was compounded of horrible shapes.
What part of speech is dragonic?
Dragonic is an adjective.

Words near dragonic in the dictionary

  1. dragonhide
  2. dragonhides
  3. dragonhood
  4. dragonhunter
  5. dragonhunters
  6. dragonic
  7. dragonification
  8. dragonifications
  9. dragonise
  10. dragonised
  11. dragonises

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