draconical

See also: Draconical

English

Etymology 1

From Latin dracō (“dragon”, stem dracōn-) +‎ -ical.

Adjective

draconical (comparative more draconical, superlative most draconical)

  1. Synonym of draconic (“relating to or suggestive of dragons”).
    • 1680, Henry More, chapter XII, in Apocalypsis Apocalypseos; or The Revelation of St John the Divine Unveiled. […], London: […] J. M. for J[ohn] Martyn, and W. Kettilby, […], →OCLC, page 122:
      Againſt ſuch Witneſſes therefore you may be ſure this Dragon will make war, who in this Chapter is deſcribed under one ſingle Figure of a Red Dragon, the Roman Pagan Emperours being Pontifices Maximi, as well as Caeſars. In the following Chapter this Draconical power is divided into two, there being now ſuch a ſtate in the Roman Empire, as that there may be ſaid to be Imperium in Imperio, the Papal or Sacerdotal Hierarchy diſtinct from the Cæſarean Majeſty and Power.
    • 1797, Emanuel Swedenborg, translated by J[ohn] A[ugustus] T[ulk], “Spiritual World, and the World of Spirits [mundus spiritualis, et mundus spirituum]”, in Indexes to the Apocalypse Revealed. […], London: […] R[obert] Hindmarsh, […], →OCLC, page 86:
      That the dragon and his angels were caſt into the world of ſpirits, whence they are in communication with men on earth, who are in the draconical faith, n. 552, 558.
    • 1956 May, “Pava, R. (Bucharest), Adalékok a légköri árapály kutatásához. [Contribution to the study of atmospheric tides.]”, in Malcolm Rigby, editor, Meteorological Abstracts and Bibliography, volume 7, number 5, Lancaster, Pa.: American Meteorological Society, →ISSN, →OCLC, page 594:
      On the basis of U. S. Weather Bureau Historic Weather Maps, the author examined the possible influence of long lunar periods (i.e., the synodical and draconical lunar months) on atmospheric pressure oscillations.
Derived terms

Etymology 2

From Latin Dracō (stem Dracōn-) +‎ -ical,[1] after the Athenian lawmaker Draco, known for making harsh laws.

Alternative forms

Adjective

draconical (comparative more draconical, superlative most draconical)

  1. Synonym of draconic (“very severe or strict; draconian”).
Derived terms

References

  1. ^ “Draconical, adj.”, in OED Online ⁠, Oxford: Oxford University Press, launched 2000.
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