LEONINE
leonine
(adjective) of or characteristic of or resembling a lion
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology 1
Adjective
leonine (comparative more leonine, superlative most leonine)
Of, pertaining to, or characteristic of a lion.
Noun
leonine (plural leonines)
(numismatics, historical) A 13th-century coin minted in Europe and used in England as a debased form of the sterling silver penny, outlawed under Edward I.
Etymology 2
Noun
leonine (plural leonines)
(poetry) A kind of Latin verse, generally alternate hexameter and pentameter, rhyming at the middle and end.
Anagrams
• Noeline
Source: Wiktionary
Le"o*nine, a. Etym: [L. leoninus, fr. leo, leonis, lion: cf. F.
léonin. See Lion.]
Definition: Pertaining to, or characteristic of, the lion; as, a leonine
look; leonine repacity.
– Le"o*nine*ly, adv. Leonine verse, a kind of verse, in which the
end of the line rhymes with the middle; -- so named from Leo, or
Leoninus, a Benedictine and canon of Paris in the twelfth century,
who wrote largely in this measure, though he was not the inventor.
The following line is an example:
Gloria factorum temere conceditur horum.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition