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dragonish

dragonish adjective: resembling or characteristic of a dragon.

Adjective

dragonish (comparative more dragonish, superlative most dragonish)

  1. Resembling or characteristic of a dragon.
    • Sometimes we see a cloud that's dragonish; A vapour sometime like a bear or lion, / A tower'd citadel, a pendent rock, / A forked mountain, or blue promontory / With trees upon't, that nod unto the world, / And mock our eyes with air: thou hast seen these signs; / They are black vesper's pageants.c. 1606–1607 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Tragedie of Anthonie and Cleopatra”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard...
    • […] a black-dressed matron—maybe, maid— / Mature, and dragonish of aspect, […]1873, Robert Browning, Red Cotton Night-Cap Country, or Turf and Towers

Examples of dragonish in a sentence

  • Only the beak-leaved boughs dragonish ˈ damask the tool-smooth bleak light; black.c. 1881, Gerard Manley Hopkins, “Spelt from Sibyl’s Leaves”, in Robert Bridges, editor, Poems of Gerard Manley Hopkins: Now First Published...
  • She'll stomp and munch on you, and she has a more dragonish attack—stinky, fiery breath!2004, Intelligent Systems, translated by Nintendo of America, Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door, Nintendo, GameCube, level/area: Hooktail...

Synonyms of dragonish

All synonyms of dragonish

Forms of dragonish

comparativemore dragonish
superlativemost dragonish

Origin of dragonish

From dragon + -ish. Piecewise doublet of dragonesque.

Words formed from dragonish

Questions about dragonish

What does dragonish mean?
Dragonish means resembling or characteristic of a dragon.
How do you use dragonish in a sentence?
Only the beak-leaved boughs dragonish ˈ damask the tool-smooth bleak light; black.
What part of speech is dragonish?
Dragonish is an adjective.

Words near dragonish in the dictionary

  1. dragonification
  2. dragonifications
  3. dragonise
  4. dragonised
  5. dragonises
  6. dragonish
  7. dragonising
  8. dragonism
  9. dragonize
  10. dragonized
  11. dragonizes

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