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 [drag-uhn]   Origin

drag·on

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noun
1.
a mythical monster generally represented as a huge, winged reptile with crested head and enormous claws and teeth, and often spouting fire.
2.
Archaic. a huge serpent or snake.
3.
Bible. a large animal, possibly a large snake or crocodile.
4.
the dragon, Satan.
5.
a fierce, violent person.
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6.
a very watchful and strict woman.
7.
flying dragon.
8.
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.
9.
a short musket carried by a mounted infantryman in the 16th and 17th centuries.
10.
a soldier armed with such a musket.
11.
(initial capital letter) Astronomy. the constellation Draco.
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Origin:
1175–1225; Middle English < Old French < Latin dracōn- (stem of dracō) < Greek drákōn kind of serpent, probably orig. epithet, the (sharp-)sighted one, akin to dérkesthai to look

Related forms
drag·on·ish, adjective
drag·on·like, adjective
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dragon (ˈdræɡən)
 
—n
1.  a mythical monster usually represented as breathing fire and having a scaly reptilian body, wings, claws, and a long tail
2.  informal a fierce or intractable person, esp a woman
3.  any of various very large lizards, esp the Komodo dragon
4.  any of various North American aroid plants, esp the green dragon
5.  Christianity a manifestation of Satan or an attendant devil
6.  a yacht of the International Dragon Class, 8.88m long (29.2 feet), used in racing
7.  slang chase the dragon to smoke opium or heroin
 
[C13: from Old French, from Latin dracō, from Greek drakōn; related to drakos eye]
 
'dragoness
 
—fem n
 
'dragonish
 
—adj

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dragon
early 13c., from O.Fr. dragon, from L. draconem (nom. draco) "serpent, dragon," from Gk. drakon (gen. drakontos) "serpent, seafish," from drak-, strong aorist stem of derkesthai "to see clearly." But perhaps the lit. sense is "the one with the (deadly) glance." The young are dragonets (14c.). Obsolete
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drake "dragon" is an older borrowing of the same word. Used in the Bible to translate Heb. tannin "a great sea-monster," and tan, a desert mammal now believed to be the jackal.
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dragon definition


  1. n.
    the penis. (See also drain the dragon = urinate.) : I think he's in love with his dragon.
Dictionary of American Slang and Colloquial Expressions by Richard A. Spears.Fourth Edition.
Copyright 2007. Published by McGraw Hill.
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