dracontine

English

Etymology

From Ancient Greek δρᾰ́κοντ- (drákont-, “dragon”) +‎ -ine.

Adjective

dracontine (not comparable)

1. Belonging to a dragon.
   • 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.

References

Part or all of this entry has been imported from the 1913 edition of Webster’s Dictionary, which is now free of copyright and hence in the public domain. The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.
(See the entry for “dracontine”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.)