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Drakonian

Drakonian is the alternative spelling of Draconian.

Meaning of Draconian

Adjective

Draconian (comparative more Draconian, superlative most Draconian)

  1. Of or relating to Draco, the first legislator of Athens in Ancient Greece.
    • As to the details of the Draconian constitution, it is certainly surprising to find so many institutions and offices referred to, which had hitherto been only known to exist at a later date.1892, F. G. Kenyon, editor, Αθηναιων Πολιτεια: Aristotle on the Constitution of Athens, page 12

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Forms of Drakonian

comparativemore Drakonian
superlativemost Drakonian

Origin of Drakonian

From Drakon + -ian; or, with Drako, a Hellenized spelling of Draconian.

Questions about Drakonian

What is Drakonian the alternative spelling of?
Drakonian is the alternative spelling of Draconian.

Words near Drakonian in the dictionary

  1. drakhma
  2. drakhmai
  3. drakhme
  4. Drako
  5. Drakon
  6. Drakonian
  7. dralon
  8. dram
  9. dram. pers.
  10. drama
  11. drama documentaries

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Adapted from Wiktionary: Drakonian (page history and authors); Draconian (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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