dragonbreath

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English

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Etymology

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From dragon +‎ breath.

Noun

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dragonbreath (uncountable)

  1. The breath of a dragon.
    • 1996, Douglas Niles, The Dragons, TSR, Inc., →ISBN, page 39:
      She had learned her lessons well, remembering the queen’s commands as if they had been seared into her mind with the fiery force of dragonbreath.
    • 2002 October, Edward M. Lerner, “Survival Instinct”, in Analog Science Fiction and Fact, volume CXXII, number 10, page 42, column 2:
      Close ahead lay the fabled Crystal Egg of Ythorn, guarded night and day by the ever-vigilant dragon Ythra. Perhaps Ythra lurked around the next bend. Would wisps of dragonbreath betray Ythra’s position before they came face to face?
    • 2020, Ryo Shirakome, translated by Ningen, Arifureta: From Commonplace to World’s Strongest, volume 11, J-Novel Club, →ISBN:
      Imbued with disintegration magic as they were, her wings managed to block the barrage of dragonbreath, but now Kaori was pinned in place.
  2. (informal) Synonym of bad breath.
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