dragonessとは 意味・読み方・使い方

語源

From dragon +‎ -ess.

発音

IPA: /ˈdɹæɡənɛs/

名詞

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, 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.

参照

• John A. Simpson and Edmund S. C. Weiner, editors (1989), “dragoness”, in The Oxford English Dictionary, 2nd edition, Oxford: Clarendon Press, →ISBN.