dragon
/ˈdɹæɡən/
Word Rarity
Uncommon
Frequency: 4.41 in modern English
8
Scrabble Score
6
Letters
2
Syllables
6
Unique Chars
Meaning
noun
A mythical reptilian or serpentine creature.
noun
A mythical reptilian or serpentine creature.
noun
An animal of various species that resemble a dragon in appearance:
noun
An animal of various species that resemble a dragon in appearance:
noun
An animal of various species that resemble a dragon in appearance:
noun
The constellation Draco.
Example Sentences
- "Medea for the loue of Iaſon, taught him how to tame the fire breathing braſſ feeted Bulls, and kill the mighty dragon that kept the golden fleece[.]"
- "But as every well-brought-up prince was expected to kill a dragon, and rescue a princess, the dragons grew fewer and fewer till it was often quite hard for a princess to find a dragon to be rescued from."
- "Before daylight, when the dragon flew home to sleep, he had burned up the hall and even the throne of the Geatish king."
- "They pitched the dragon / over the cliff-top, let tide's flow / and backwash take the treasure-minder."
- "These tapestries were magnificently figured with golden dragons; and as the serpentine bodies gleamed and shimmered in the increasing radiance, each dragon, I thought, intertwined its glittering coils more closely with those of another."
- "My father compounded with my mother vnder the Dragons taile, and my nativity was vnder Vrsa Maior."
Etymology
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *derḱ-der. Proto-Hellenic *dérkomai Ancient Greek δέρκομαι (dérkomai) Ancient Greek δράκων (drákōn)der. Latin dracōslbor. Old French dragonbor. Middle English dragoun English dragon From Middle English dragoun, borrowed from Old French dragon, from Latin dracō(n), from Ancient Greek δράκων (drákōn, “a serpent of huge size, a python, a dragon”), probably from δέρκομαι (dérkomai, “to see clearly”). Displaced Old English wyrm, whence modern worm. Mostly displaced Old English draca (whence modern drake)—from the same Latin source, as are Draco, Dracon, dracone, and dragoon.
Origin
Word Breakdown
Usage
- Obsolete
- Derogatory
- British usage
- Slang