See draconian in All languages combined, or Wiktionary
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"code": "af",
"lang": "Afrikaans",
"sense": "severe, oppressive or strict",
"word": "drakonies"
},
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"code": "ar",
"lang": "Arabic",
"roman": "šadīd al-quswa",
"sense": "severe, oppressive or strict",
"word": "شَدِيد الْقُسْوَة"
},
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"code": "hy",
"lang": "Armenian",
"roman": "drakonyan",
"sense": "severe, oppressive or strict",
"word": "դրակոնյան"
},
{
"code": "bg",
"lang": "Bulgarian",
"roman": "drakonovski",
"sense": "severe, oppressive or strict",
"word": "драконовски"
},
{
"code": "ca",
"lang": "Catalan",
"sense": "severe, oppressive or strict",
"word": "draconià"
},
{
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"sense": "severe, oppressive or strict",
"word": "嚴苛的"
},
{
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"sense": "severe, oppressive or strict",
"word": "严苛的"
},
{
"code": "cs",
"lang": "Czech",
"sense": "severe, oppressive or strict",
"word": "drakonický"
},
{
"code": "nl",
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"sense": "severe, oppressive or strict",
"word": "draconisch"
},
{
"code": "eo",
"lang": "Esperanto",
"sense": "severe, oppressive or strict",
"word": "drakona"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "severe, oppressive or strict",
"word": "erittäin ankara"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "severe, oppressive or strict",
"word": "drakoninen"
},
{
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "severe, oppressive or strict",
"word": "draconien"
},
{
"code": "gl",
"lang": "Galician",
"sense": "severe, oppressive or strict",
"word": "draconiano"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "severe, oppressive or strict",
"word": "drakonisch"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "severe, oppressive or strict",
"word": "drastisch"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "severe, oppressive or strict",
"word": "entschieden"
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"code": "el",
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"roman": "drakónteios",
"sense": "severe, oppressive or strict",
"word": "δρακόντειος"
},
{
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "severe, oppressive or strict",
"word": "drákói"
},
{
"code": "io",
"lang": "Ido",
"sense": "severe, oppressive or strict",
"word": "drakonala"
},
{
"code": "ga",
"lang": "Irish",
"sense": "severe, oppressive or strict",
"word": "danartha"
},
{
"code": "it",
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"sense": "severe, oppressive or strict",
"word": "draconiano"
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"sense": "severe, oppressive or strict",
"word": "엄격(嚴格)하다"
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"sense": "severe, oppressive or strict",
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},
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"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "severe, oppressive or strict",
"word": "draconiano"
},
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"sense": "severe, oppressive or strict",
"word": "драко́новский"
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"code": "es",
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"sense": "severe, oppressive or strict",
"word": "draconiano"
},
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"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "severe, oppressive or strict",
"word": "drakonisk"
},
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"code": "uk",
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"sense": "severe, oppressive or strict",
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"sense": "resembling a dragon",
"word": "draconic"
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{
"sense": "resembling a dragon",
"word": "draconine"
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{
"sense": "resembling a dragon",
"word": "dragonish"
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{
"sense": "resembling a dragon",
"word": "dragonlike"
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{
"sense": "resembling a dragon",
"word": "dragony"
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"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "of or resembling a dragon",
"word": "lohikäärmemäinen"
},
{
"code": "io",
"lang": "Ido",
"sense": "of or resembling a dragon",
"word": "drakala"
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"code": "mk",
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"sense": "of or resembling a dragon",
"tags": [
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"code": "ru",
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"roman": "drakónij",
"sense": "of or resembling a dragon",
"word": "драко́ний"
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"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "drakónovskij",
"sense": "of or resembling a dragon",
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