dragoness

English

Alternative forms

• dragonness

Etymology

From dragon +‎ -ess.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈdɹæɡənɛs/

Noun

dragoness (plural dragonesses)

1. (rare, archaic, chiefly figurative) A female dragon.
   • 1616, George Chapman, “A Hymn to Apollo”, in The Whole Works of Homer:

     The King Apollo, with an arrow, freed / From his strong string, destroy’d the Dragoness

2. (fantasy, especially furry fandom) A female dragon.

   Synonym: dragonette

   • 2018, Gabe Hudson, “What a Fitting Place for me to Die, Here in the Belly of the Beast”, in Gork, the Teenage Dragon‎^[1], page 202:

     But what really catches my attention about this dragoness is her thick tail, which looks to be twice as thick as a normal dragon tail. And I really don't know how to say this, except to say that this dragoness is seriously luscious. Maybe that's a terrible thing to say because I'm dying and all, but there it is. This is one seriously juicy-looking dragonette.

Translations

a female dragon

• Bengali: আজদাহাণী (ajdahani)
• Catalan: dragona (ca) f
• Czech: dračice (cs) f
• Esperanto: drakino
• French: dracène (fr) f, dragonne (fr) f
• German: Drachin (de) f
• Greek:

  Ancient: δράκαινα f (drákaina)

• Italian: dragonessa f, draga (it) f
• Polish: smoczyca (pl) f
• Portuguese: dragoa (pt) f
• Spanish: dragona (es) f
• Swedish: drakhona (sv) c

References

• OED 2nd edition 1989