Etymology

From Ancient GreekCategory:English terms derived from Ancient Greek#DRACONTINE δρᾰ́κοντ- (drắkont-, “dragon”) +‎ -ineCategory:English terms suffixed with -ine#DRACONTINE.^[1]

Adjective

dracontine (not comparable)Category:English lemmas#DRACONTINECategory:English adjectives#DRACONTINECategory:English uncomparable adjectives#DRACONTINECategory:English entries with incorrect language header#DRACONTINECategory:Pages with entries#DRACONTINECategory:Pages with 1 entry#DRACONTINE

1. 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.

     Category:English terms with quotations#DRACONTINE

References

• “dracontine”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.