LEONINE

leonine

(adjective) of or characteristic of or resembling a lion

Source: WordNet® 3.1

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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

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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

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