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单词 dragonsome
释义

dragonsome

English

Etymology

From dragon + -some.

Adjective

dragonsome (comparative more dragonsome, superlative most dragonsome)

  1. Characteristic or typical of dragons
    • 1913, Charles Edward Montague, The Morning's War:
      “A Duchess of Saxony— fancy some dragonsome dowager—tearing across in the snow, to help a Duke of Burgundy, was it? She slid from the top down to—Lanslebourg, isn't it? ” She laughed.
    • 1969, James Agate, More first nights:
      One is the youngest male Linden, nicely presented by Mr. Derek Williams ; the other, a female, dragonsome Linden, is the best part in the piece.
    • 1974, Anthony Curtis, The Rise and Fall of the Matinée Idol:
      [...] other critics, wrote, 'Is it a trick of the mind that one seems to have plenteously beheld Miss Binnie Hale masquerading as a pert yet loving chambermaid, Mr Bobby Howes disguised as a winsome valet or chauffeur and various other capable ladies masquerading as dragonsome châtelaines in whose establishments elderly fribbles surreptitiously carouse?
    • 1990, Sheila Gooddie, Annie Horniman:
      He gave high praise to Mona Limerick's 'dragonsome Blanche' and thought Shaw would redraft his description of his character Cokane as played by Charles Bibby.

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