— dragonish , adj. — dragonlike , adj.
/drag"euhn/ , n.
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.
6. a very watchful and strict woman.
7. See flying dragon .
8. Bot. 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. ( cap. ) Astron. the constellation Draco.
[ 1175-1225; ME dracon- (s. of draco ) drákon kind of serpent, prob. orig. epithet, the (sharp-)sighted one, akin to dérkesthai to look ]