"dracarys" meaning in English

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Interjection

Etymology: Coined by American writer and television producer George R. R. Martin as a word meaning "dragonfire" in the fictional language of High Valyrian featured in his A Song of Ice and Fire novel series. In the novel series, as well as its television adaptation Game of Thrones, the character Daenerys Targaryen uses dracarys to command her dragons to breathe fire. The language creator chosen for Game of Thrones, David J. Peterson, acknowledged that dracarys was influenced by Latin dracō (“dragon”). Etymology templates: {{coin|en|Q181677}} Coined by American writer and television producer George R. R. Martin, {{bor|en|art-vlh|-}} High Valyrian, {{der|en|la|dracō|t=dragon}} Latin dracō (“dragon”) Head templates: {{en-interj}} dracarys
  1. (fandom slang) Used to underscore the act, intent, or desire to start a fire or burn something. Tags: slang Categories (topical): A Song of Ice and Fire
    Sense id: en-dracarys-en-intj-UdxMhdwo Disambiguation of A Song of Ice and Fire: 47 53 Topics: lifestyle

Verb

Forms: dracaryses [present, singular, third-person], dracarysing [participle, present], dracarysed [participle, past], dracarysed [past]
Etymology: Coined by American writer and television producer George R. R. Martin as a word meaning "dragonfire" in the fictional language of High Valyrian featured in his A Song of Ice and Fire novel series. In the novel series, as well as its television adaptation Game of Thrones, the character Daenerys Targaryen uses dracarys to command her dragons to breathe fire. The language creator chosen for Game of Thrones, David J. Peterson, acknowledged that dracarys was influenced by Latin dracō (“dragon”). Etymology templates: {{coin|en|Q181677}} Coined by American writer and television producer George R. R. Martin, {{bor|en|art-vlh|-}} High Valyrian, {{der|en|la|dracō|t=dragon}} Latin dracō (“dragon”) Head templates: {{en-verb}} dracarys (third-person singular simple present dracaryses, present participle dracarysing, simple past and past participle dracarysed)
  1. (fandom slang) To burn or destroy. Tags: slang Categories (topical): A Song of Ice and Fire
    Sense id: en-dracarys-en-verb-Lzq-ygka Disambiguation of A Song of Ice and Fire: 47 53 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English quotations with omitted translation Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 7 93 Disambiguation of English quotations with omitted translation: 12 88 Topics: lifestyle

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