leonine
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leonine (ˈliːəˌnaɪn) ![[Click for IPA pronunciation guide]](http://static.sfdict.com/dictstatic/g/d/dictionary_questionbutton_default.gif) | |
| —adj | |
| of, characteristic of, or resembling a lion | |
| [C14: from Latin leōnīnus, from leō lion] | |
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| Leonine (ˈliːəˌnaɪn) | |
| —adj | |
| 1. | connected with one of the popes called Leo |
| 2. | Leonine City a district of Rome on the right bank of the Tiber fortified by Pope Leo IV |
| 3. | of or relating to certain prayers in the Mass prescribed by Pope Leo XIII |
| —n | |
| 4. | Also called: Leonine verse |
| a. a type of medieval hexameter or elegiac verse having internal rhyme | |
| b. a type of English verse with internal rhyme | |
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leonine
late 14c., from L. leoninus "belonging to or resembling a lion," from leo (gen. leonis) "lion." Weekley thinks that Leonine verse (1658), rhymed in the middle as well as the end of the line, probably is from the name of some medieval poet, perhaps Leo, Canon of St. Victor, Paris, 12c.
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leonine le·o·nine (lē'ə-nīn)
adj.
Of, relating to, or characteristic of a lion.
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Example sentences
His style is donnish-tweed jacket, rumpled trousers, shock of gray hair-but his aura is leonine.
They all evolved from a single ancestor, probably in a bid to confuse the leonine immune system.
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