DRACONIC
\dɹakˈɒnɪk], \dɹakˈɒnɪk], \d_ɹ_a_k_ˈɒ_n_ɪ_k]\
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By Noah Webster.
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1, Relating to Draco, the Athenian lawgiver: hence (applied to laws), extremely severe: sanguinary. 2, relating to the constellation Draco. Also DRACONIAN.
By Daniel Lyons
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Exceedingly severe ; said of laws, regulations. Draco is said to have been author, or perhaps compiler, of the first written laws of Athens, which made death the penalty of almost all crimes. But the word is unfair ; the legislation of D., as far as we know it, being a mitigation of existing law.
By Henry Percy Smith