Definitions for Draconian

Draconian Dra·co·ni·an

Spelling: [drey-koh-nee-uh n, druh-]
IPA: /dreɪˈkoʊ ni ən, drə-/

Draconian is a 9 letter English word. It's valid Words with friends word worth 15 points.

You can make 353 anagrams from letters in Draconian (aacdinnor).

Definitions for Draconian

adjective

  1. of, relating to, or characteristic of the Athenian statesman Draco, or his severe code of laws.
  2. (often lowercase) rigorous; unusually severe or cruel:

Origin of Draconian

1810-20; Latin Dracōn- (stem of Draco) + -ian

Examples for Draconian

To walk these two miles per diem is a Draconian law which I impose upon myself during all seasons of the year.

A top National Institutes of Health official called the quarantines “Draconian.”

Draconian punishments were meted out to supposed sinners and traitors.

Which was all very well, if he had only found out what the Draconian reforms were.

I fear the latter, given the Draconian governmental measures over a single case, but time will tell.

This Draconian injunction had to be obeyed, the more so as the lieutenant was labouring under great excitement.

Human rights groups, however, said the measures were “Draconian” and counter-productive.

What shall we say of the ingenious system of penal laws, which, with Draconian cruelty, was enacted against Catholicity?

This photograph is a critique of how Draconian the rules of society can be.

There were, however, some exceptions even to this Draconian system.

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