dragonism

noun

Etymology

From dragon + -ism.

  1. inherited from draca
  2. inherited from wyrm
  3. derived from δράκων
  4. derived from draco
  5. derived from dragon
  6. inherited from dragoun
  7. suffixed as dragonism — “dragon + ism

Definitions

  1. watchful guardianship

  2. Despotism

    Despotism; the leadership of a tyrant.

    • I fear dragonism, in some form or other, will deluge Europe, the British Isles, and various parts of the world besides, with torrents of human blood.
    • The author narrates about horrors brought about by “dragonism,” which forces us to eat dry corn tops, the harvest reaped, by the order of the dragon, is given all to the state, what dooms to hunger death both old and young.
  3. Nonsense

    Nonsense; unrealistic ideas.

    • It will be a last effort in behalf of a darling cause. Dragonism, infidelity, and false religion, will now be found, each making its last effort!
    • These doctrines, of which the inspire apostle is admitted as the "chief corner-stone", he characterizes as "Dragonism", a "congeries of falsities", and as "favoring the natural and sensual man".
  4. + 1 more definition
    1. Dragon lore.

      • I've heard all the human lore of Eastern Dragonism, all the way back to the primal yin and yang and the plenitude of explanations of how it's best done .

The neighborhood

Vish — recursive loop

No curated loop yet for dragonism. Loops are being traced one word at a time while the ingestion pipeline matures.

sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA