Draconic

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The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
  • adj. Of or suggestive of a dragon.
  • adj. Draconian.
    • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • adj. Related to or suggestive of dragons.
    • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • adj. Relating to Draco, the Athenian lawgiver; or to the constellation Draco; or to dragon's blood.
    • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • Of or pertaining to Draco, archon of Athens in or about 621 b. c., and one of the founders of the enlightened Attic polity; or resembling in severity the code of laws said to have been established by him, in which he prescribed the penalty of death for nearly all crimes -for smaller crimes because they merited it, and for greater because he knew of no penalty more severe.
  • Hence Rigorous: applied to any extremely severe, harsh, or oppressive laws.
  • Relating to the constellation Draco.
    • Word Usage
    "It criticised the "draconic" increases of excise duties, especially on wine, beer and tobacco, adding the increases would lead to a rise in smuggling and black market activities."
    Cross Reference
    draconic month   
    Synonym
    Words with the same meaning
    dragonlike    dracontine    dracontian    dragon   
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