Draconianadj.
= Draconic adj. 1, 2.
ΘΚΠ
the world > action or operation > behaviour > bad behaviour > harshness or severity > [adjective]
heavyc825
retheeOE
stithc897
hardeOE
starkOE
sternOE
dangerous?c1225
sharp?c1225
unsoftc1275
sturdy1297
asperc1374
austerec1384
shrewda1387
snella1400
sternful?a1400
dour?a1425
thrallc1430
piquant1521
tetrical1528
tetric1533
sorea1535
rugged?1548
severe1548
iron1574
harsh1579
strict1600
angry1650
Catonian1676
Draconic1708
tetricous1727
alkaline1789
acerbic1853
stiff1856
acerbate1869
acerbitous1870
Draconian1876
Catonic1883
the world > the supernatural > supernatural being > mythical creature or object > [adjective] > relating to dragon
dragonish1530
Draconic1680
Draconical1680
dracontine1806
dracontian1816
Draconian1876
1876 C. M. Davies Unorthodox London (rev. ed.) 97 The Swedenborgian rubrics are not so Draconian.
1877 D. M. Wallace Russia xiii. 206 Refraining from all Draconian legislation.
1880 Daily Tel. 10 Nov. In the course of one of these draconian performances..the mummer's tail came off.
Derivatives
Draˈconianism n.
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society > authority > strictness > [noun] > severity or sternness
rethenesseOE
grimness971
hardnessOE
sternhead1297
sharpnessa1325
reddoura1375
fiercetya1382
sternness1382
fiercenessc1384
sturdinessc1384
fellnessc1410
austeritya1425
raddourc1440
austerenessa1450
severity1530
cruelness1537
cruelty1556
severeness1579
tender mercies1611
piquancya1677
Draconianism1819
astringency1823
Draconism1832
hard-handedness1849
starkness1884
the world > action or operation > behaviour > bad behaviour > harshness or severity > [noun]
rethenesseOE
grimness971
sternhead1297
sharpnessa1325
reddoura1375
sternness1382
fiercenessc1384
sturdinessc1384
duressc1400
fellnessc1410
austeritya1425
harshnessc1480
roughness1530
severity1530
durity1543
ungentleness1548
severeness1579
ruggedness1638
atrocity1641
austereness1646
piquancya1677
Draconianism1819
astringency1823
Draconism1832
starkness1884
1819 Gifford in S. Smiles Publisher & Friends I. 404 I never much admired the vaunt of Draconianism, ‘And all this I dare do, because I dare’.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1897; most recently modified version published online December 2019).
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adj.1819