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WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2024le•o•nine /ˈliəˌnaɪn/USA pronunciation adj. - of, relating to, resembling, or suggestive of a lion:a leonine head.
WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024le•o•nine (lē′ə nīn′),USA pronunciation adj. - of or pertaining to the lion.
- resembling or suggestive of a lion.
- (usually cap.) of or pertaining to Leo, esp. Leo IV or Leo XIII.
- Latin leōnīnus lionlike, equivalent. to leōn- (stem of leō lion) + -īnus -ine1
- Middle English leonyn 1350–1400
Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers:: leonine /ˈliːəˌnaɪn/ adj - of, characteristic of, or resembling a lion
Etymology: 14th Century: from Latin leōnīnus, from leō lion Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers:: Leonine /ˈliːəˌnaɪn/ adj - connected with one of the popes called Leo
- Leonine City ⇒ a district of Rome on the right bank of the Tiber fortified by Pope Leo IV
n - Also called: Leonine verse a type of medieval hexameter or elegiac verse having internal rhyme
- a type of English verse with internal rhyme
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