firedrake
Meaning
- A fire-breathing dragon.
- A fiery meteor, an ignis fatuus, a rocket
- A kind of firework
- A worker at a furnace or fire
Etymology
In summary
From Middle English firdrake, from Old English fȳrdraca (“fire-spewing dragon”), equivalent to fire + drake.
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