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dragonkin

UK/dɹˈæɡənkˈɪn/US/ˈdɹæɡənˈkɪn/

dragonkin noun: a person who is partly descended from dragon(s).

dragonkin: a person who is partly descended from dragon(s)
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Noun

dragonkin (plural dragonkin)

  1. A person who is partly descended from dragon(s).
    • Dragonkin have the innate ability to detect magic at will, as a free action. They have an overpowering desire to acquire magic items, and target characters who possess these items in preference to others. If possible, a dragonkin will grab a magic item from its opponent and flee with it, taking the...2000, “Appendix 4: New Monsters”, in Pool of Radiance: Attack on Myth Drannor (Forgotten Realms), Wizards of the Coast, →ISBN, page 84, column 1
    • Half and quarter blood dragonkin have very obvious physical differences, as well as many abilities and attributes of their dragon ancestors. Eighth blood dragonkin will have some physical traits of the dragon as well as some attributes.2015, Heather Gunn, Aspect Core Rulebook, FC 2015 SC (page 30)
  2. (neologism) A dragon otherkin.
    • In October 2003, a dragonkin by the calling Starblade created a thread on otherkin in a Livejournal community for debates. The thread began with Starblade giving his personal views of being a “dragon spiritually” and so thus would fit under the term otherkin which then spawned a large debate over...2014, House of Chimeras, “History of the Draconic Community - 2001 - present”, in The Chimeras Library, published 2015

Examples of dragonkin in a sentence

  • Dragonkin have the innate ability to detect magic at will, as a free action.2000, “Appendix 4: New Monsters”, in Pool of Radiance: Attack on Myth Drannor (Forgotten Realms), Wizards of the Coast, →ISBN, page 84...
  • In October 2003, a dragonkin by the calling Starblade created a thread on otherkin in a Livejournal community for debates.2014, House of Chimeras, “History of the Draconic Community - 2001 - present”, in The Chimeras Library, published 2015:

Forms of dragonkin

pluraldragonkin

Origin of dragonkin

From dragon + -kin.

Questions about dragonkin

What does dragonkin mean?
Dragonkin means a person who is partly descended from dragon(s).
How do you use dragonkin in a sentence?
Dragonkin have the innate ability to detect magic at will, as a free action.
What part of speech is dragonkin?
Dragonkin is a noun.
How do you pronounce dragonkin?
Dragonkin is pronounced /dɹˈæɡənkˈɪn/ (UK).
What is the plural of dragonkin?
The plural of dragonkin is dragonkin.

Words near dragonkin in the dictionary

  1. dragonize
  2. dragonized
  3. dragonizes
  4. dragonizing
  5. Dragonja
  6. dragonkin
  7. dragonkind
  8. dragonking
  9. dragonkings
  10. dragonlength
  11. dragonlengths

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