Suggesting a basilisk (snake-like dragon): baleful, spellbinding.
Origin
From Middle English basilicke, borrowed from Old French basilique, from Latin basiliscus, from Ancient Greek βασιλίσκος ("literally, a minor king or chieftain; also, a kind of snake so called from a white spot on the head resembling a crown"), from βασιλεύς.
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