Month: December 2021

KJV in violet (high frequency)

adjective

1.  (of laws or their application) excessively harsh and severe

Example: “the Nazis destroyed the independence of the press by a series of draconian laws”

1759, “of or pertaining to Draco,” the ancient Greek statesman; 1777, in reference to laws, “rigorous, extremely severe or harsh” (earlier Draconic, which is implied from 1640s). Draco is the Latinized form of Greek Drakon, name of the archon of Athens who laid down a code of laws for Athens c. 621 B.C.E. that mandated death as punishment for minor crimes. His name seems to mean literally “sharp-sighted” (see dragon).