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Draconian
Definitions
- 1 Very severe, cruel, or harsh.
"The mayor announced draconian budget cuts today."
- 2 Of, relating to, characteristic of, or resembling a dragon. obsolete
"The dragon came low to the earth. It defied every image of a draconian being Kulp had ever seen."
- 3 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."
- 4 Alternative letter-case form of draconian. alt-of
"This reverend man, with countenance so demurely benign, with robes so glossy and so clerically flowing, with wig so minutely powdered, so rigid and so vast,—could this be he who, of late, with sour visage, and in snuffy habiliments, administered, ferule in hand, the Draconian laws of the academy?"
- 1 of or relating to Draco or his harsh code of laws wordnet
- 1 A creature resembling a dragon.
"... Draconians are fast. They'll fly to meet us no doubt. I remember after a few moments that the human queen is here as well. I call out to her, “Human queen, you are rescued by the Draconians. Come forth and know that you are safe under[…]"
Etymology
From Latin Dracō (stem Dracōn-) + -ian, from Ancient Greek Δράκων (Drákōn), after the Athenian lawmaker Draco, known for making harsh laws. See δράκων (drákōn, “dragon”).
From Latin dracō (“dragon”) (stem dracōn-) + -ian.
From Latin dracō (“dragon”) (stem dracōn-) + -ian.
From Latin Dracō (stem Dracōn-) + -ian.
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