Word of the Week: draconian
February 23rd, 2009
Dra⋅co⋅ni⋅an
/dreɪˈkoʊniən, drə-/ Show Spelled Pronunciation [drey-koh-nee-uhn, druh-]
–adjective
1. of, pertaining to, or characteristic of Draco or his code of laws.
2. (often lowercase) rigorous; unusually severe or cruel: Draconian forms of punishment.
Another weirdly cool word, am I right? This is one of the wonderfully good, yet intrinsically maddening things about the English language; we have absolutely no compunction about begging, stealing, and borrowing from other languages. Actually, many of our words are composed of Greek and Latin roots. What is English anyway? But we digress… Give this one a try.
Grammar Punk Sentence: R I 4 : Conj
Leslie had long and bitterly protested the positively draconian laws dictated by the school board: No Pomeranians allowed in the cafeteria.
Now you try!