dracontine
English
Etymology
From Ancient Greek δρᾰ́κοντ- (drắkont-, “dragon”) + -ine.[1]
Adjective
dracontine (not comparable)
- of, related to, or depicting a dragon.
- Synonym: draconine
- 1830 July, Robert Southey, “The Young Dragon. Part I.”, in The Poetical Works of Robert Southey. […], volume VI, London: […] [Andrew Spottiswoode] for Longman, Orme, Brown, Green, & Longmans, […], published 1838, →OCLC, page 263:
- There with malignant patience
He sate in fell despite,
Till this dracontine cockatrice
Should break its way to light.
References
- ^ “dracontine, adj.”, in OED Online , Oxford: Oxford University Press, launched 2000.
- “dracontine”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.