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leonine
[ lee-uh-nahyn ]
adjective
- of or relating to the lion:
We breathlessly watched the pride, in its leonine majesty, as it moved across the veldt.
- resembling or suggestive of a lion:
the conductor's wild, leonine hair.
- (usually initial capital letter) of or relating to Leo, especially Leo IV or Leo XIII.
Leonine
1/ ˈ±ô¾±Ëəˌ²Ô²¹Éª²Ô /
adjective
- connected with one of the popes called Leo
- Leonine Citya district of Rome on the right bank of the Tiber fortified by Pope Leo IV
- of or relating to certain prayers in the Mass prescribed by Pope Leo XIII
noun
- Also calledLeonine verse
- a type of medieval hexameter or elegiac verse having internal rhyme
- a type of English verse with internal rhyme
leonine
2/ ˈ±ô¾±Ëəˌ²Ô²¹Éª²Ô /
adjective
- of, characteristic of, or resembling a lion
˜yÐÄvlog History and Origins
˜yÐÄvlog History and Origins
Origin of leonine1
Example Sentences
What could be more leonine than a personal inferno?
A garment on the ground catches his eye; when he puts it on, a vest with leonine markings that matches the fabric around his waist, he seems imbued with a newfound power and responsibility.
He had a head of “leonine†white hair and an air of nobility.
What looked on the picture to be a long, leonine dangling tail with a bob at the end could have been a shadow cast by vegetation.
Encountering again the fuzz and warmth of Mandela’s leonine tones, Stengel realized something: He had a podcast on his hands.
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