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Definition of Draconic

1. a. Relating to Draco, the Athenian lawgiver; or to the constellation Draco; or to dragon's blood.

Definition of Draconic

1. Adjective. Related to or suggestive of dragons. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Draconic

1. pertaining to a dragon [adj] - See also: dragon

Medical Definition of Draconic

1. Relating to Draco, the Athenian lawgiver; or to the constellation Draco; or to dragon's blood. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Draconic

Literary usage of Draconic

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Rudimentary astronomy by Robert Main (1869)
"... draconic revolution, or revo-1 „ Sidereal revolution =27 7 43 11-6 lution with relation to the 1=27 6 5 35'6 node ) 184. Thus far we have considered the ..."

2. Woman Under the English Law: From the Landing of the Saxons to the Present Time by Arthur Rackham Cleveland (1896)
"... of birth—Unjustness of early Act governing this offence—draconic statute applying to Scotland—Abduction—Rape—Bigamy no longer an ecclesiastical offence, ..."

3. The Chemist ; Or, Reporter of Chemical Discoveries and Improvements by Charles Watt (1840)
"Submitted to the action of boiling nitric acid, it yields tbe three following acids :— draconic Acid.—Crystallized in beautiful colorless prisms, ..."

4. Horæ Apocalypticæ: Or, A Commentary on the Apocalypse, Critical and by Edward Bishop Elliott (1847)
"So that the transition from the draconic state of Rome and its Empire to the ten-horned bestial was direct, and without any other form or head intervening, ..."

5. Allen's Synonyms and Antonyms by Frederic Sturges Allen (1920)
"... a. draconic, ... A n. dun, brownish, yellow, yellowish gray. harsh, cruel, draconic, a. dragonlike, ..."

6. The First Four Books of Xenophon's Anabasis: With Notes Adapted to the by Xenophon, Morris Hicky Morgan (1896)
"The law of Athens — a relic of the draconic legislation, usually famous for its severity — provided that a person who had committed involuntary homicide ..."

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