Meanings
plural firedragons
- A fiery dragon.
Adam continued to moan in hypnotic agony. Joshua needed to make a move. Boldly, Joshua strode toward the firedragon.
2007, Anthony Gioseffi, Mainframe1 more example
[T]he fire-dragon had rased the coastal region and reduced forts and earthworks to dust and ashes, so the war-king planned and plotted his revenge.
1999, Seamus Heaney, Beowulf, London: Faber and Faber, page 74Synonyms: firedrake
Synonyms & antonyms
nounA fiery dragon.
nounA fiery meteor.
Origin
- Middle Englishfyre dragon
- Englishfiredragon
From Middle English fyre dragon; equivalent to fire + dragon, modelled after the piecewise doublet firedrake.
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firedragon. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/firedragon
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