English

Adjective

draconian ‎(comparative more draconian, superlative most draconian)

1. Very severe or strict.

   The Soviet regime was draconian.

   The mayor announced draconian budget cuts today.

   • 2009, Stuart Macintyre, A Concise History of Australia, page 125

     The conflict in the countryside resulted in a far more draconian punishment. The Southern Cross flag flew over the camps of striking shearers, who in revenge for their victimisation burned grass, fences, buildings and even riverboats […]

Synonyms

• (very severe): cruel, hard, harsh, Orwellian, rigid, strict, stringent

Translations

Etymology 2

From Latin draco ‎(“dragon”).

Adjective

draconian ‎(comparative more draconian, superlative most draconian)

1. (obsolete, except in fiction) Of or resembling a dragon
   • 2006, Steven Erikson, Deadhouse Gates, Book Two, ISBN 0765348799, page 384:

     The dragon came low to the earth. It defied every image of a draconian being Kulp had ever seen.

   • 2009, Jacob Silvia, Qhoenix, page 73

     A large sandwyrm (which isn't to be confused with a sandworm) popped its draconian head from the earth.

   • 1973, Doctor Who, Frontier in Space, by Malcolm Hulke.

     Although used as a noun, 'Draconion' is the name of a fictional, humanoid, dragon-like race from the 26th centuary, who originate the planet Draconia.

Synonyms

• (resembling a dragon): draconic, dragonish, dragonlike

Translations

Anagrams

• Conradian