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dragonish

adjective

  1. like or resembling a dragon
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Wiktionary

adj

Etymology: From dragon + -ish. Piecewise doublet of dragonesque.

  1. Resembling or characteristic of a dragon.

    Sometimes we see a cloud that's dragonish; A vapour sometime like a bear or lion, / A tower'd citadel, a pendent rock, / A forked mountain, or blue promontory / With trees upon't, that nod unto the world, / And mock our eyes with air: thou hast seen these signs; / They are black vesper's pageants.

    […] a black-dressed matron—maybe, maid— / Mature, and dragonish of aspect, […]