† Leoninen.¹

Forms: Also 1700s lionine.

Etymology: < medieval Latin leōnīna, apparently feminine of leōnīnus (see leonine adj.¹), but the reason of the name is not clear; compare quot. 1749.

Obsolete.

A counterfeit coin, of the reign of Edward I, brought into England from abroad.

ΘΚΠ

society > trade and finance > money > medium of exchange or currency > coins collective > false coin > [noun] > specific

crockard1300

lushburg1346

pollarda1387

rosarya1387

eagle1577

Leonine1577

morgan1659

rap1724

mitre1749

Paduan1770

Bungtown copper or cent1787

rap halfpenny1787

stampee1795

Jack1851

c1350 W. Hemingburgh Chronicon (1849) II. 187 Monetas plurimas et pessimi metalli, pollardorum..leoninarum dormientium, et aliorum diversorum nominum.]

1577 R. Holinshed Chron. II. 835/1 There were diuers moneyes in those dayes [1300] currant wythin this realme, as Pollardes, Crocards, Staldinges, Egles, Leonines,..and all these were white monyes, artificially made of siluer, copper, and sulphur.

1749 J. Simon Ess. Irish Coins 15 (note) These..foreign coins, called Mitres, Lionines, Rosaries,..&c. from the stamp or figures impressed on them, were privately brought from..beyond the seas, and uttered here for pennies.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1902; most recently modified version published online March 2021).

leonineadj.¹

Brit.

/ˈliːənʌɪn/,

/ˈliːənᵻn/, U.S.

/ˈliəˌnaɪn/

Etymology: < Latin leōnīnus, < leōn- lion n. Compare French léonin.

a. Resembling a lion or that of a lion; lion-like.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > emotion > courage > [adjective]

courageous1297

heartya1375

leoninec1386

heartlya1450

well-stomached1478

couraged?1529

noble couraged1561

heartsome1567

Roman1577

generous1596

nerved1615

noble-spiriteda1617

noble-hearted1684

courageable1689

lion-hearted1708

the world > animals > mammals > group Unguiculata or clawed mammal > family Felidae (feline) > [adjective] > of or resembling a lion

leoninec1386

leonell1625

lionish1864

lionesque1882

the world > physical sensation > sight and vision > thing seen > appearance or aspect > [adjective] > having specific appearance

huedc1000

beseemeda1250

lookingc1330

well-faringc1330

well-beseenc1374

farranda1400

homely?a1439

ill-favoured1530

seeming1590

looked1597

ill-looking1633

complexioned1639

ill-lookeda1640

leonine1660

plain-looking1744

natural-looking1810

anthropoid1881

thuggish-looking1903

new look1950

c1386 G. Chaucer Monk's Tale 656 So was he ful of leonyn corage.

c1430 J. Lydgate Reson & Sensuallyte (E.E.T.S.) 168/6422 They ben of wisdam Serpentyne And of force leonyne.

1631 R. Brathwait Eng. Gentlewoman 120 Neere resemblance had Leëna's name with her Leonine nature.

1660 J. Gauden Serm. Funeral Brounrig Q vj b And bring them from that which in their Physiognomy is..leonine (for so we read some men had lionly looks).

1822 W. Wordsworth Richard I in Eccl. Sonn. i Redoubted King, of courage leonine, I mark thee, Richard!

1851 T. Carlyle Life J. Sterling ii. xii. 303 Great sensibility..which he had an over-tendency to express even by tears,—a singular sight in so leonine a man.

1869 W. H. Dixon Tower I. iii. 30 In her youth she had none of that leonine beauty of her later years.

1887 T. A. Trollope What I Remember II. xiv. 245 Landor..was a man of somewhat leonine aspect.

b. leonine monkey: the Macacus leoninus (Cent. Dict.). leonine seal: ? the sea lion n.

ΚΠ

1803 W. Bingley Animal Biogr. I. 191 The Leonine Seal has a large head and eyes..and along the neck of the male runs a mane of stiff curled hair. The whole neck is covered with long waved hair, not unlike that of the Lion... They are found in great numbers on the Eastern coasts of Kamtschatka.

c. Designating that form of leprosy called leontiasis, and the lion-like facies characteristic of it. The allusion to the resemblance to the lion's face can be traced back to the ancient Arab physicians.

ΘΚΠ

the world > health and disease > ill health > a disease > disorders of visible parts > skin disorders > [adjective] > leprosy > type of

leonine1813

ophidian1915

tuberculoid1921

histoid1960

1749 J. Barrow Dict. Medicum Universale Leontiasis, Leontion, or Leonina lepra, a name for Elephantiasis, or leprosy.]

1813 T. Bateman Pract. Synopsis Cutaneous Dis. vii. 295 Haly Abbas says the countenance was called leonine, because the white of the eyes becomes livid, and the eyes of a round figure; and Avicenna observes that the epithet was applied to the disease, because it renders the countenance terrible to look at, and somewhat of the form of the lion's visage.

1867 Rep. Leprosy (Royal Coll. Physicians) 242 The prominent blotches on the forehead gave a sombre character to his countenance; not as yet approaching the leonine expression of tubercular elephantiasis.

1899 T. L. Stedman 20th Cent. Pract. XVIII. 623 The lower part of the frontal skin is drawn downwards and conceals the eyes, as in mad persons and lions. This is why the affection is also called leonine.

1915 C. A. Mercier Leper Houses 13 The four varieties of leprosy—leonine, elephantine, alopecic, and ophidian.

1959 R. G. Cochrane Leprosy in Theory & Pract. 367 The ‘leonine’ appearance in Hansen's disease is..attributable to the nodular leprosy.

1970 G. J. Hill Leprosy in Five Young Men 65 Patient 5 was a large dark-skinned man with moderately severe leonine facies.

2. Of or relating to a lion.

ΚΠ

a1513 W. Dunbar Poems (1998) I. 165 And first the Lyone..With visage bawld and curage leonyne.

1755 S. Johnson Dict. Eng. Lang. Leonine, belonging to a lion; having the nature of a lion.

1755 S. Johnson Dict. Eng. Lang. Tiger, a fierce beast of the leonine kind.

1794 G. Adams Lect. Nat. & Exper. Philos. III. xxv. 61 As is the piper's art to the pipe..so is the soul of the lion to the body leonine.

1861 A. Geikie Mem. E. Forbes ix. 248 They styled them~selves ‘Red Lions’, and, in proof of their leonine relationship, made it a point of always signifying their approval or dissent by growls and roars.

3. Roman Law. leonine convention or partnership [Latin leonina societas] (see quot. 1875).Cf. Spanish contrato leonino, in South America a contract in which the advantage is, in the judgement of the Court, manifestly and unfairly one-sided; such a contract may be held void.

ΚΠ

1875 E. Poste tr. Gaius Institutionum Iuris Civilis (ed. 2) iii. Comm. 426 Aristo records the decision of Cassius that a partnership on the terms that one should take all the profits and another bear all the loss, which he calls a leonine partnership, is not binding.

4. Comb.: leonine-coloured adj.

ΚΠ

a1697 J. Aubrey Brief Lives: S. Butler (1898) I. 138 He was of a leonine-coloured haire, middle-sized, strong.

Derivatives

ˈleoninely adv. in the manner of a lion.

ΚΠ

1751 J. Harris Hermes i. xi. 209 Adverbs may be derived..from Substantives, as..from λέων, a Lion, λεοντωδῶς, Leoninely.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1902; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

leonineadj.²n.²

Brit.

/ˈliːənʌɪn/,

/ˈliːənᵻn/, U.S.

/ˈliəˌnaɪn/

Etymology: < Latin lēonīnus, < Leōn- , Leo proper name: see -ine suffix¹.

A. adj.²

1. Pertaining to one of the popes named Leo. Leonine City [modern Latin Civitas Leonina] , that part of Rome in which the Vatican stands, which was walled and fortified by Leo IV (c850).

ΘΚΠ

the world > the earth > named regions of earth > named cities or towns > [noun] > in Italy > Rome

RomewardeOE

RomeOE

Romewards1527

Leonine City1870

Vatican City1929

1870 Notes & Queries 4th Ser. VI. 294/1 In describing the present course of events in Italy, constant mention is made by the papers of the ‘Leonine City’.

1892 Daily News 16 Dec. 5/2 The Pope's plea for jurisdiction over the Leonine City.

2. leonine verse: a kind of Latin verse much used in the Middle Ages, consisting of hexameters or alternate hexameters and pentameters, in which the final word rhymes with that immediately preceding the cæsural pause. So leonine poet, leonine rhyme.[Probably named from some medieval poet called Leo (or Leonius) who made use of this kind of versification: for conjectures as to his identity see Du Cange.]

ΘΚΠ

society > leisure > the arts > literature > poetry > versification > [noun] > leonine verse

leonine versea1657

leonine1846

a1657 W. Burton Comm. Antoninus his Itinerary (1658) 61 These rimedoggrill verses, not Leonine, as I think they are usually called.

a1771 T. Gray Observ. Pseudo-Rhythmus in Wks. (1884) I. 375 If the date of this poem be true, the general opinion, that the Leonine verse owes its name to Leonius, seems to be false.

a1832 Encycl. Metrop. (1845) XXI. 385/1 Sir A. Croke has given examples from more than fifty Leonine poets from the IIId to the XVth centuries.

1837 H. Hallam Introd. Lit. Europe I. i. 103 Those who attempted to write verse have lost all prosody, and relapse into Leonine rhymes.

1862 H. B. Wheatley Anagrams 15 Leonine verses were invented, according to Camden, in the reign of Charlemagne.

B. n.² plural.

Leonine verse.

ΘΚΠ

society > leisure > the arts > literature > poetry > versification > [noun] > leonine verse

leonine versea1657

leonine1846

1846 T. Wright Ess. Middle Ages I. v. 186 Its author has mixed leonines with his elegiacs.

1861 Sat. Rev. 21 Sept. 306 The Speculum is not..written either in classical metre or in leonines.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1902; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

n.¹1577

adj.¹c1386

adj.²n.²a1657

单词	leonine
释义	† Leoninen.¹ Forms: Also 1700s lionine. Etymology: < medieval Latin leōnīna, apparently feminine of leōnīnus (see leonine adj.¹), but the reason of the name is not clear; compare quot. 1749. Obsolete. A counterfeit coin, of the reign of Edward I, brought into England from abroad. ΘΚΠ society > trade and finance > money > medium of exchange or currency > coins collective > false coin > [noun] > specific crockard1300 lushburg1346 pollarda1387 rosarya1387 eagle1577 Leonine1577 morgan1659 rap1724 mitre1749 Paduan1770 Bungtown copper or cent1787 rap halfpenny1787 stampee1795 Jack1851 c1350 W. Hemingburgh Chronicon (1849) II. 187 Monetas plurimas et pessimi metalli, pollardorum..leoninarum dormientium, et aliorum diversorum nominum.] 1577 R. Holinshed Chron. II. 835/1 There were diuers moneyes in those dayes [1300] currant wythin this realme, as Pollardes, Crocards, Staldinges, Egles, Leonines,..and all these were white monyes, artificially made of siluer, copper, and sulphur. 1749 J. Simon Ess. Irish Coins 15 (note) These..foreign coins, called Mitres, Lionines, Rosaries,..&c. from the stamp or figures impressed on them, were privately brought from..beyond the seas, and uttered here for pennies. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1902; most recently modified version published online March 2021). leonineadj.¹ Brit. /ˈliːənʌɪn/, /ˈliːənᵻn/, U.S. /ˈliəˌnaɪn/ Etymology: < Latin leōnīnus, < leōn- lion n. Compare French léonin. 1. a. Resembling a lion or that of a lion; lion-like. ΘΚΠ the mind > emotion > courage > [adjective] courageous1297 heartya1375 leoninec1386 heartlya1450 well-stomached1478 couraged?1529 noble couraged1561 heartsome1567 Roman1577 generous1596 nerved1615 noble-spiriteda1617 noble-hearted1684 courageable1689 lion-hearted1708 the world > animals > mammals > group Unguiculata or clawed mammal > family Felidae (feline) > [adjective] > of or resembling a lion leoninec1386 leonell1625 lionish1864 lionesque1882 the world > physical sensation > sight and vision > thing seen > appearance or aspect > [adjective] > having specific appearance huedc1000 beseemeda1250 lookingc1330 well-faringc1330 well-beseenc1374 farranda1400 homely?a1439 ill-favoured1530 seeming1590 looked1597 ill-looking1633 complexioned1639 ill-lookeda1640 leonine1660 plain-looking1744 natural-looking1810 anthropoid1881 thuggish-looking1903 new look1950 c1386 G. Chaucer Monk's Tale 656 So was he ful of leonyn corage. c1430 J. Lydgate Reson & Sensuallyte (E.E.T.S.) 168/6422 They ben of wisdam Serpentyne And of force leonyne. 1631 R. Brathwait Eng. Gentlewoman 120 Neere resemblance had Leëna's name with her Leonine nature. 1660 J. Gauden Serm. Funeral Brounrig Q vj b And bring them from that which in their Physiognomy is..leonine (for so we read some men had lionly looks). 1822 W. Wordsworth Richard I in Eccl. Sonn. i Redoubted King, of courage leonine, I mark thee, Richard! 1851 T. Carlyle Life J. Sterling ii. xii. 303 Great sensibility..which he had an over-tendency to express even by tears,—a singular sight in so leonine a man. 1869 W. H. Dixon Tower I. iii. 30 In her youth she had none of that leonine beauty of her later years. 1887 T. A. Trollope What I Remember II. xiv. 245 Landor..was a man of somewhat leonine aspect. b. leonine monkey: the Macacus leoninus (Cent. Dict.). leonine seal: ? the sea lion n. ΚΠ 1803 W. Bingley Animal Biogr. I. 191 The Leonine Seal has a large head and eyes..and along the neck of the male runs a mane of stiff curled hair. The whole neck is covered with long waved hair, not unlike that of the Lion... They are found in great numbers on the Eastern coasts of Kamtschatka. c. Designating that form of leprosy called leontiasis, and the lion-like facies characteristic of it. The allusion to the resemblance to the lion's face can be traced back to the ancient Arab physicians. ΘΚΠ the world > health and disease > ill health > a disease > disorders of visible parts > skin disorders > [adjective] > leprosy > type of leonine1813 ophidian1915 tuberculoid1921 histoid1960 1749 J. Barrow Dict. Medicum Universale Leontiasis, Leontion, or Leonina lepra, a name for Elephantiasis, or leprosy.] 1813 T. Bateman Pract. Synopsis Cutaneous Dis. vii. 295 Haly Abbas says the countenance was called leonine, because the white of the eyes becomes livid, and the eyes of a round figure; and Avicenna observes that the epithet was applied to the disease, because it renders the countenance terrible to look at, and somewhat of the form of the lion's visage. 1867 Rep. Leprosy (Royal Coll. Physicians) 242 The prominent blotches on the forehead gave a sombre character to his countenance; not as yet approaching the leonine expression of tubercular elephantiasis. 1899 T. L. Stedman 20th Cent. Pract. XVIII. 623 The lower part of the frontal skin is drawn downwards and conceals the eyes, as in mad persons and lions. This is why the affection is also called leonine. 1915 C. A. Mercier Leper Houses 13 The four varieties of leprosy—leonine, elephantine, alopecic, and ophidian. 1959 R. G. Cochrane Leprosy in Theory & Pract. 367 The ‘leonine’ appearance in Hansen's disease is..attributable to the nodular leprosy. 1970 G. J. Hill Leprosy in Five Young Men 65 Patient 5 was a large dark-skinned man with moderately severe leonine facies. 2. Of or relating to a lion. ΚΠ a1513 W. Dunbar Poems (1998) I. 165 And first the Lyone..With visage bawld and curage leonyne. 1755 S. Johnson Dict. Eng. Lang. Leonine, belonging to a lion; having the nature of a lion. 1755 S. Johnson Dict. Eng. Lang. Tiger, a fierce beast of the leonine kind. 1794 G. Adams Lect. Nat. & Exper. Philos. III. xxv. 61 As is the piper's art to the pipe..so is the soul of the lion to the body leonine. 1861 A. Geikie Mem. E. Forbes ix. 248 They styled them~selves ‘Red Lions’, and, in proof of their leonine relationship, made it a point of always signifying their approval or dissent by growls and roars. 3. Roman Law. leonine convention or partnership [Latin leonina societas] (see quot. 1875).Cf. Spanish contrato leonino, in South America a contract in which the advantage is, in the judgement of the Court, manifestly and unfairly one-sided; such a contract may be held void. ΚΠ 1875 E. Poste tr. Gaius Institutionum Iuris Civilis (ed. 2) iii. Comm. 426 Aristo records the decision of Cassius that a partnership on the terms that one should take all the profits and another bear all the loss, which he calls a leonine partnership, is not binding. 4. Comb.: leonine-coloured adj. ΚΠ a1697 J. Aubrey Brief Lives: S. Butler (1898) I. 138 He was of a leonine-coloured haire, middle-sized, strong. Derivatives ˈleoninely adv. in the manner of a lion. ΚΠ 1751 J. Harris Hermes i. xi. 209 Adverbs may be derived..from Substantives, as..from λέων, a Lion, λεοντωδῶς, Leoninely. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1902; most recently modified version published online March 2022). leonineadj.²n.² Brit. /ˈliːənʌɪn/, /ˈliːənᵻn/, U.S. /ˈliəˌnaɪn/ Etymology: < Latin lēonīnus, < Leōn- , Leo proper name: see -ine suffix¹. A. adj.² 1. Pertaining to one of the popes named Leo. Leonine City [modern Latin Civitas Leonina] , that part of Rome in which the Vatican stands, which was walled and fortified by Leo IV (c850). ΘΚΠ the world > the earth > named regions of earth > named cities or towns > [noun] > in Italy > Rome RomewardeOE RomeOE Romewards1527 Leonine City1870 Vatican City1929 1870 Notes & Queries 4th Ser. VI. 294/1 In describing the present course of events in Italy, constant mention is made by the papers of the ‘Leonine City’. 1892 Daily News 16 Dec. 5/2 The Pope's plea for jurisdiction over the Leonine City. 2. leonine verse: a kind of Latin verse much used in the Middle Ages, consisting of hexameters or alternate hexameters and pentameters, in which the final word rhymes with that immediately preceding the cæsural pause. So leonine poet, leonine rhyme.[Probably named from some medieval poet called Leo (or Leonius) who made use of this kind of versification: for conjectures as to his identity see Du Cange.] ΘΚΠ society > leisure > the arts > literature > poetry > versification > [noun] > leonine verse leonine versea1657 leonine1846 a1657 W. Burton Comm. Antoninus his Itinerary (1658) 61 These rimedoggrill verses, not Leonine, as I think they are usually called. a1771 T. Gray Observ. Pseudo-Rhythmus in Wks. (1884) I. 375 If the date of this poem be true, the general opinion, that the Leonine verse owes its name to Leonius, seems to be false. a1832 Encycl. Metrop. (1845) XXI. 385/1 Sir A. Croke has given examples from more than fifty Leonine poets from the IIId to the XVth centuries. 1837 H. Hallam Introd. Lit. Europe I. i. 103 Those who attempted to write verse have lost all prosody, and relapse into Leonine rhymes. 1862 H. B. Wheatley Anagrams 15 Leonine verses were invented, according to Camden, in the reign of Charlemagne. B. n.² plural. Leonine verse. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > the arts > literature > poetry > versification > [noun] > leonine verse leonine versea1657 leonine1846 1846 T. Wright Ess. Middle Ages I. v. 186 Its author has mixed leonines with his elegiacs. 1861 Sat. Rev. 21 Sept. 306 The Speculum is not..written either in classical metre or in leonines. 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† Leoninen.1

leonineadj.1

Derivatives

leonineadj.2n.2

† Leoninen.¹

leonineadj.¹

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