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dragon

[ drag-uhn ]

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noun

a mythical monster generally represented as a huge, winged reptile with crested head and enormous claws and teeth, and often spouting fire.
Archaic. a huge serpent or snake.
Bible. a large animal, possibly a large snake or crocodile.
the dragon, Satan.
a fierce, violent person.
a very watchful and strict woman; duenna.
flying dragon.
Botany. any of several araceous plants, as Arisaema dracontium green dragon, or dragonroot, the flowers of which have a long, slender spadix and a green, shorter spathe.
a short musket carried by a mounted infantryman in the 16th and 17th centuries.
a soldier armed with such a musket. dragoon ( defs 1, 2, 3 ).
Dragon, Astronomy. the constellation Draco.

dragon

/ ˈdræɡən /

noun

a mythical monster usually represented as breathing fire and having a scaly reptilian body, wings, claws, and a long tail
informal.
a fierce or intractable person, esp a woman
any of various very large lizards, esp the Komodo dragon
any of various North American aroid plants, esp the green dragon
Christianity a manifestation of Satan or an attendant devil
a yacht of the International Dragon Class, 8.88m long (29.2 feet), used in racing
chase the dragon slang.
to smoke opium or heroin

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Derived Forms

ˈdragonish, adjective
ˈdragoness, noun:feminine

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Other Words From

drag·on·ish adjective
drag·on·like adjective

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Word History and Origins

Origin of dragon¹

First recorded in 1175–1225; Middle English, from Old French, from Latin dracōn- (stem of dracō ), from Greek drákōn the name of a kind of serpent, probably originally an epithet, “the (sharp-)sighted one,” akin to dérkesthai “to look”

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Word History and Origins

Origin of dragon¹

C13: from Old French, from Latin dracō, from Greek drakōn; related to drakos eye

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Idioms and Phrases

Idioms

chase the dragon, Slang. to inhale the vapor of heated heroin or another opiate drug.

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