dracontine en · ADJ
Etymology
From Ancient Greek δρᾰ́κοντ- (drắkont-, “dragon”) + -ine.
Meanings
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(not-comparable) of, related to, or depicting a dragon.
There with malignant patience He sate in fell despite, Till this dracontine cockatrice Should break its way to light.
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: