Definition of Dracanian

Definition of Dracanian

Dra*co"ni*an (?), a. Pertaining to Draco, a famous lawgiver of Athens, 621 b. c.

Draconian code, orDraconian laws, a code of laws made by Draco. Their measures were so severe that they were said to be written in letters of blood; hence, any laws of excessive rigor.

- Webster's Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

Very severe.
The despot chose a draconian punishment for the revolutionary.

- The Nuttall Encyclopedia

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