dragonbreath en · NOUN
Etymology
From dragon + breath.
Meanings
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(uncountable) The breath of a dragon.
She had learned her lessons well, remembering the queen’s commands as if they had been seared into her mind with the fiery force of dragonbreath.
1996, Douglas Niles, The Dragons, TSR, Inc., →ISBN, page 39:Close ahead lay the fabled Crystal Egg of Ythorn, guarded night and day by the ever-vigilant dragon Ythra. Perhaps Ythra lurked around the next bend. Would wisps of dragonbreath betray Ythra’s position before they came face to face?
2002 October, Edward M. Lerner, “Survival Instinct”, in Analog Science Fiction and Fact, volume CXXII, number 10, page 42, column 2:Imbued with disintegration magic as they were, her wings managed to block the barrage of dragonbreath, but now Kaori was pinned in place.
2020, Ryo Shirakome, translated by Ningen, Arifureta: From Commonplace to World’s Strongest, volume 11, J-Novel Club, →ISBN:
- (informal, uncountable) Synonym of bad breath.
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| dragonsbreath | alternative | lexicographic |
Relateds
dragonfire · firebreather · firebreath · fire-breathing · dragonflame