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dragonsome

dragonsome adjective: characteristic or typical of dragons.

Adjective

dragonsome (comparative more dragonsome, superlative most dragonsome)

  1. Characteristic or typical of dragons.
    • “A Duchess of Saxony— fancy some dragonsome dowager—tearing across in the snow, to help a Duke of Burgundy, was it? She slid from the top down to—Lanslebourg, isn't it? ” She laughed.1913, Charles Edward Montague, The Morning's War
    • One is the youngest male Linden, nicely presented by Mr. Derek Williams ; the other, a female, dragonsome Linden, is the best part in the piece.1969, James Agate, More first nights

Forms of dragonsome

comparativemore dragonsome
superlativemost dragonsome

Origin of dragonsome

From dragon + -some.

Questions about dragonsome

What does dragonsome mean?
Dragonsome means characteristic or typical of dragons.
What part of speech is dragonsome?
Dragonsome is an adjective.

Words near dragonsome in the dictionary

  1. dragonships
  2. dragonskin
  3. dragonskins
  4. dragonslayer
  5. dragonslayers
  6. dragonsome
  7. dragonsona
  8. dragonsonas
  9. dragonspeak
  10. dragonstone
  11. dragonstones

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